Telerpeton, tē-lėr′pe-ton,n.a remarkable genus of fossil reptiles of the Mesozoic period. [Gr.tēle, far,herpeton, a reptile.]
Telescope, tel′e-skōp,n.an optical instrument for viewing objects at a distance.—v.t.to drive together so that one thing, as a railway-carriage in a collision, slides into another like the movable joints of a spyglass.—v.i.to be forced into each other in such a way.—adjs.Telescop′ic,-al, pertaining to, performed by, or like a telescope: seen only by a telescope.—adv.Telescop′ically.—adj.Tel′escopiform.—ns.Tel′escopist, one who uses the telescope;Tel′escopy(ortē-les′-),the art of constructing or of using the telescope. [Fr.,—Gr.tēle, at a distance,skopein, to see.]
Teleseme, tel′ē-sēm,n.a system of electric signalling for the automatic transmission of different signals, in use in large hotels, for police alarms, &c. [Gr.tēle, far,sēma, a sign.]
Telesia, tē-lē′si-a,n.the sapphire. [Gr.telesios, finishing—telos, the end.]
Telespectroscope, tel-ē-spek′trō-skōp,n.a combined astronomical telescope and spectroscope.
Telestereoscope, tel-ē-ster′ē-ō-skōp,n.an optical instrument presenting distant objects in relief.
Telestic, tē-les′tik,adj.pertaining to the final end. [Gr.telos, an end.]
Telestich, tel′ē-stik,n.a poem in which the final letters of the lines make a name.
Telethermograph, tel-ē-ther′mō-graf,n.a self-registering telethermometer.
Telethermometer, tel-ē-ther-mom′e-tėr,n.thermometer that records its temperature at a distance.
Teleutospore, tē-lū′tō-spōr,n.a thick-walled winter spore of the rust-fungi (Uredineæ), producing on germination a promycelium. [Gr.teleutēcompletion, spora,seed.]
Telic, tel′ik;adj.denoting a final end or purpose.
Tell, tel,v.t.to number or give an account of: to utter: to narrate: to disclose: to inform: to discern: to explain.—v.i.to give an account: to produce or take effect: to chat, gossip: to tell tales, play the informer:—pa.t.andpa.p.tōld.—adj.Tell′able, capable of being told.—ns.Tell′er, one who tells or counts: a clerk whose duty it is to receive and pay money;Tell′ership, the office of a teller.—p.adj.Tell′ing, having great effect.—adv.Tell′ingly, in a telling or effective manner.—n.Tell′-tale, one who tells tales: one who officiously tells the private concerns of others: an indication or an indicator, as an automatic instrument: a bird of genusTotanus, a tattler.—adj.given to reveal secrets, blabbing: apparent, openly seen: giving warning.—Tell off, to count off: to detach on some special duty. [A.S.tellan; Ice.telja, Ger.zählen, to number.]
Tellural, tel′ū-ral,adj.pertaining to the earth.
Tellurium, te-lū′ri-um,n.an element by some classed as a metal, placed by others among the metalloids, brittle and crystalline, of high metallic lustre, bluish-white in colour, with close analogies to sulphur and selenium.—n.Tel′lurate, a salt of telluric acid.—adjs.Tel′lūretted, combined with tellurium;Tellū′rian, pertaining to the earth.—n.an inhabitant of the earth.—adj.Tellū′ric, pertaining to, or proceeding from, the earth: of or from tellurium.—n.Tel′luride, a compound of tellurium with an electro-positive element.—adjs.Tellūrif′erous, containing tellurium;Tel′lūrous, pertaining to tellurium. [L.tellus,telluris, the earth.]
Telotype, tel′ō-tīp,n.a printing electric telegraph: an automatically printed telegram.
Telpher, tel′fėr,adj.pertaining to a system of telpherage.—n.Tel′pherage, a term coined by Prof. Fleeming Jenkin for a system of electric traction developed on an absolute automatic block system, the presence of a train on one section cutting off the supply of electric energy to the section behind, any mode of transport effected automatically with the aid of electricity. [Framed fromtel(egraph)—Gr.tēle, far,pherein, to carry.]
Telson, tel′son,n.the last somite of the pleon or abdomen of certain crustaceans and arachnidans. [Gr.telson, a boundary.]
Telugu, tel′ōō-gōō,n.the language spoken in the north-western portion of the Dravidian area inhabited by theTelingas.—AlsoTel′oogoo.
Temed, tēmd,adj.(Spens.) yoked in a team.
Temenos, tem′e-nos,n.a piece of land marked off from common uses and dedicated to a god, a precinct. [Gr.,—temnein, to cut off.]
Temerity, te-mėr′i-ti,n.rashness: unreasonable contempt for danger.—adj.Temerā′rious(obs.), rash, reckless.—adv.Temerā′riously.—adj.Tem′erous, rash.—adv.Tem′erously. [Fr.témérité—L.temeritas—temere, by chance, rashly.]
Temewise, tēm′wīz,adv.(Spens.) like a team.
Tempean, tem-pē′an,adj.pertaining to, or resembling,Tempe, a valley in Thessaly, praised by the classic poets for its matchless beauty: beautiful: delightful.
Temper, tem′pėr,v.t.to mix in due proportion: to modify by blending or mixture: to moderate: to soften: to bring to a proper degree of hardness and elasticity, as steel: to amend or adjust, as a false or imperfect concord.—n.due mixture or balance or different or contrary qualities: state of a metal as to hardness, &c.: constitution of the body: constitutional frame or state of mind, esp. with regard to feelings, disposition, temperament, mood: passion, irritation: calmness or moderation: in sugar-works lime or other substance used to neutralise the acidity of cane-juice.—adjs.Tem′perable, capable of being tempered;Tem′pered, having a certain specified disposition or temper: brought to a certain temper, as steel: (mus.) tuned or adjusted to some mean, or to equal, temperament.—adv.Tem′peredly.—ns.Tem′perer;Tem′pering, the process of giving the required degree of hardness or softness to iron or steel, by heating to redness and cooling in different ways. [L.temperāre, to combine properly, allied totempus, time.]
Tempera, tem′pe-rä,n.(paint.) same asDistemper.
Temperament, tem′pėr-a-ment,n.state with respect to the predominance of any quality: internal constitution or state: disposition, one of the peculiarities of physical and mental organisation which to a certain extent influence our thoughts and actions—cholericorbilious,lymphatic,nervous,sanguine: the adjustment of imperfect concords, so that the difference between two contiguous sounds is reduced to a minimum and the two appear identical—a system of compromise in the tuning of keyed instruments.—adj.Temperamen′tal.—adv.Temperamen′tally. [L.temperamentum—temperāre.]
Temperance, tem′pėr-ans,n.moderation, esp. in the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions—in a narrower sense, moderation in the use of alcoholic liquors, and even entire abstinence from such.—Temperance hotel, one which professes to supply no alcoholic liquors;Temperance movement, a political agitation for the restriction or abolition of the use of alcoholic liquors;Temperance society, usually an association of total-abstainers from alcoholic liquors. [L.temperantia.]
Temperate, tem′pėr-āt,adj.moderate in degree of any quality, esp. in the appetites and passions, self-restrained: calm: cool, mild, moderate in temperature: abstemious.—adv.Tem′perately.—n.Tem′perateness.—adj.Tem′perative.—n.Tem′perature, constitution: proportion: degree of any quality, esp. of heat or cold in weather or climate: the thermal condition of a body which determines the interchange of heat between it and other bodies: state of a living body with respect to sensible heat.—Temperate zones, the parts of the earth of more cool and equable temperature lying between the tropics and the polar circles—theNorth Temperate Zonebeing the space between the tropic of Cancer and the arctic circle; theSouth Temperate Zone, that between the tropic of Capricorn and the antarctic circle.
Tempest, tem′pest,n.wind rushing with great velocity, usually with rain or snow: a violent storm: any violent commotion.—adjs.Tem′pest-beat′en;Tem′pest-tost(Shak.), driven about by storms;Tempes′tūous, resembling, or pertaining to, a tempest: very stormy: turbulent.—adv.Tempes′tūously.—n.Tempes′tūousness.—Tempest in a tea-pot, a great disturbance over a trivial matter. [O. Fr.tempeste—L.tempestas, a season, tempest—tempus, time.]
Templar, tem′plar,n.one of a religious and military order founded in 1119 for the protection of the Holy Sepulchre and pilgrims going thither—extinguished, 1307-14, in one of the darkest tragedies of history: a student or lawyer living in the Temple, London.—Good Templar, a member of a teetotal society whose organisation is a travesty of that of the Freemasons. [Orig. called 'Poor fellow-soldiers of Christ and of theTempleof Solomon,' from their first headquarters in the palace of King Baldwin II., which was built on the site of the temple of Solomon, close to the church of the Holy Sepulchre.]
Template, tem′plāt,n.a mould in wood or metal, showing the outline or profile of mouldings, and from which the workmen execute the moulding.—AlsoTem′plet. [Low L.templatus, vaulted—L.templum, a small timber.]
Temple, tem′pl,n.an edifice erected to a deity or for religious purposes: a place of worship: in London, two inns of court, once occupied by the Knights Templars. [L.templum, prob. fortemulum, a space marked out for religious purposes, dim. oftempus, a piece cut off.]
Temple, tem′pl,n.the flat portion of either side of the head above the cheekbone.—adj.Tem′poral, pertaining to the temples. [O. Fr.temple—L.tempora, the temples, pl. oftempus, time.]
Tempo, tem′pō,n.(mus.) time, relative rapidity of rhythm. [It.]
Temporal, tem′por-al,adj.pertaining to time, esp. to this life or world—opposed to eternal: worldly, secular, or civil—opposed to sacred or ecclesiastical.—n.Temporal′ity, what pertains to temporal welfare: (pl.) secular possessions, revenues of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tithes, and the like.—adv.Tem′porally.—n.Tem′poralness.—adv.Tem′porarily.—n.Tem′porariness.—adjs.Tem′porary,Temporā′neous, for a time only: transient.—n.Temporisā′tion.—v.i.Tem′porise, to comply with the time or occasion: to yield to circumstances.—ns.Tem′poriser;Tem′porising.—adv.Tem′porisingly. [Fr.,—L.tempus, time.]
Tempt, temt,v.t.to put to trial: to test: to try to persuade, esp. to evil: to entice.—adj.Temp′table.—ns.Temp′tableness;Temptā′tion, act of tempting: state of being tempted: that which tempts: enticement to evil: trial.—adj.Temptā′tious, seductive.—n.Temp′ter, one who tempts, esp. the devil:—fem.Temp′tress.—adj.Temp′ting, adapted to tempt or entice.—adv.Temp′tingly.—n.Temp′tingness. [O. Fr.tempter(Fr.tenter)—L.tentāre, an inten. oftendĕre, to stretch.]
Temse,Tems, tems,n.a sieve.—v.t.to sift. [Cf. Dut.tems.]
Temulence, tem′ū-lens,n.intoxication—alsoTem′ulency.—adj.Tem′ulent.—adv.Tem′ulently. [L.temulentus, drunk.]
Ten, ten,adj.twice five.—n.a figure denoting ten units, as 10 or x.: a playing-card with ten spots: ten o'clock in the morning or evening.—n.Up′per-ten(see underUpper). [A.S.tén,tíen; Ger.zehn, W.deg, L.decem, Gr.deka, Sans.daçan.]
Tenable, ten′a-bl,adj.capable of being retained, kept, or defended.—ns.Tenabil′ity,Ten′ableness, the state or quality of being tenable. [Fr.tenable, fromtenir—L.tenēre, to hold.]
Tenace, ten′ās,n.at whist, a holding of the first and third best cards (major tenace), or the second and fourth best cards (minor tenace), in a suit. [Fr.]
Tenacious, tē-nā′shus,adj.retaining or holding fast: apt to stick: stubborn.—adv.Tenā′ciously.—ns.Tenā′ciousness,Tenac′ity, quality of being tenacious: the quality of bodies which makes them stick to others. [L.tenax—tenēre.]
Tenaculum, tē-nak′ū-lum,n.a surgical hooked instrument for drawing out a divided blood-vessel to be tied.
Tenaille, te-nāl′,n.(fort.) an outwork in the main ditch immediately in front of the curtain, of great use for protecting the ditch, covering the postern from the enemy's view, &c.—n.Tenaillon(te-nal′yon),a work to strengthen the side of a small ravelin, and to support the shoulder of the bastion. [Fr.,—L.tenaculum, a holder—tenēre, to hold.]
Tenant, ten′ant,n.one who holds or possesses land or property under another, the payments and services which he owes to his superior constituting his tenure: one who has, on certain conditions, temporary possession of any place, an occupant.—v.t.to hold as a tenant.—n.Ten′ancy, a holding by private ownership: a temporary holding of land or property by a tenant.—adj.Ten′antable, fit to be tenanted: in a state of repair suitable for a tenant.—n.Ten′ant-farm′er, a farmer who rents a farm from the landlord.—adj.Ten′antless, without a tenant.—ns.
Ten′ant-right, the customary right of the tenant to sit continuously at a reasonable rent, and to receive compensation for his interest from the incoming tenant, and for all permanent or unexhausted improvements from the landlord;Ten′antry, the body of tenants on an estate. [Fr.tenant—L.tenens, pr.p. oftenēre, to hold.]
Tench, tensh,n.a fresh-water fish, of the carp family, very tenacious of life. [O. Fr.tenche(Fr.tanche)—L.tinca.]
Tend, tend,v.t.to accompany as assistant or protector: to take care of, to be attentive to, to wait upon so as to execute.—ns.Ten′dance(Spens.), state of expectation: (Shak.) act of waiting or tending, also persons attendant;Ten′der, a small vessel that attends a larger with stores, &c.: a carriage attached to locomotives to supply fuel and water. [Contracted fromattend.]
Tend, tend,v.i.to stretch, aim at, move, or incline in a certain direction: to be directed to any end or purpose: to contribute.—n.Ten′dency, direction, object, or result to which anything tends: inclination: drift. [Fr.tendre—L.tendĕre; Gr.teinein, to stretch.]
Tender, ten′dėr,v.t.to stretch out or offer for acceptance, esp. to offer to supply certain commodities for a certain period at rates specified.—n.an offer or proposal, esp. of some service, also the paper containing it: the thing offered, the actual production and formal offer of a sum due in legal money, or an offer of services to be performed, in order to save the consequences of non-payment or non-performance.
Tender, ten′dėr,adj.soft, delicate: easily impressed or injured: not hardy: fragile: weak and feeble: easily moved to pity, love, &c.: careful not to injure (withof): unwilling to cause pain: apt to cause pain: pathetic, expressive of the softer passions: compassionate, loving, affectionate: young and inexperienced: weakly in health: delicate, requiring careful handling: quick, keen: apt to lean over under sail.—n.Ten′der-foot, one not yet hardened to life in the prairie, mining-camp, &c.: a new-comer.—adj.Ten′der-heart′ed, full of feeling.—adv.Ten′der-heart′edly.—n.Ten′der-heart′edness.—adj.Ten′der-heft′ed(Shak.), having great tenderness.—ns.Ten′derling, one too much coddled, an effeminate fellow: one of the first horns of a deer;Ten′der-loin, the tenderest part of the loin of beef, pork, &c., lying close to the ventral side of the lumbar vertebræ.—adv.Ten′derly.—n.Ten′derness. [Fr.tendre—L.tener, allied totenuis, thin.]
Tendon, ten′don,n.the white fibrous tissue reaching from the end of a muscle to bone or some other structure which is to serve as a fixed attachment for it, or which it is intended to move—funicular, as the long tendon of the biceps muscle of the arm;fascicular, as the short tendon of that muscle, and as most tendons generally;aponeurotic, tendinous expansions, as the tendons of the abdominal muscles—L.Ten′do:—pl.Ten′dines.—adj.Ten′dinous, consisting of, containing, or resembling tendons: full of tendons: sinewy.—ns.Tenog′raphy, the description of tendons;Tenol′ogy, that part of anatomy which relates to tendons;Tenot′omy, the surgical operation of dividing a tendon. [Fr.tendon—L.tendĕre, to stretch; cf. Gr.tenōn—teinein, to stretch.]
Tendril, ten′dril,n.a slender, spiral shoot of a plant by which it attaches itself for support.—adj.clasping or climbing.—adj.Ten′drilled. [O. Fr.tendrillons,tendre—L.tener, tender.]
Tenebrous, ten′e-brus,adj.dark: gloomy—alsoTen′ebrose.—n.pl.Tenebræ(ten′e-brē),an office held by Roman Catholics on Good Friday and the preceding two days, consisting of the matins and lauds of the following day. During it the church is gradually darkened by the putting out of all the candles but one, which for a time (as a symbol of our Lord's death and burial) is hidden at the Epistle corner of the altar.—adj.Tenebrif′ic, producing darkness.—ns.Tēneb′rio, a genus of beetles, including the meal-worm;Tenebros′ity, darkness. [L.tenebrosus—tenebræ, darkness.]
Tenement, ten′e-ment,n.anything held, or that may be held, by a tenant: a dwelling or habitation, or part of it, used by one family: one of a set of apartments in one building, each occupied by a separate family.—adjs.Tenement′al;Tenement′ary.
Tenendum, tē-nen′dum,n.that clause in a deed wherein the tenure of the land is defined and limited. [L., neut. oftenendus, ger. oftenēre, to hold.]
Tenesmus, tē-nes′mus,n.the term applied in medicine to a straining and painful effort to relieve the bowels when nofæcalmatter is present in the rectum, the effort being caused by some adjacent source of irritation.—adj.Tenes′mic.
Tenet, ten′et,n.any opinion, principle, or doctrine which a person holds or maintains as true. [L.tenet, he holds—tenēre, to hold.]
Tenfold, ten′fōld,adj.ten times folded: ten times more.
Tenioid=Tænioid.
Tenné, te-nā′,n.(her.) an orange-brown tincture. [Tawny.]
Tenner, ten′ėr,n.(slang) a ten-pound note.
Tennis, ten′is,n.an ancient game for two to four persons, played with ball and rackets within a building specially constructed for the purpose: lawn-tennis (q.v.), a modern imitation of the former.—ns.Tenn′is-ball, a ball used in the game of tennis;Tenn′is-court, a place or court for playing at tennis. [Skeat suggests O. Fr.tenies, pl. oftenie, a fillet—L.tænia.]
Tenon, ten′un,n.a projection at the end of a piece of wood inserted into the socket or mortise of another, to hold the two together.—v.t.to fit with tenons.—ns.Ten′oner, a machine for forming tenons;Ten′on-saw, a thin back-saw for tenons, &c. [Fr.tenon—tenir, to hold—L.tenēre.]
Tenor, ten′ur,n.continuity of state: general run or currency: purport: the higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males: the part next above the bass in a vocal quartet: one who sings tenor.—adj.pertaining to the tenor in music.—ns.Ten′or-clef, the C clef, placed on the fourth line;Ten′orist. [L.tenor—tenēre, to hold.]
Tenpenny, ten′pen-i,adj.worth or sold at tenpence.
Tenpins, ten′pinz,n.a game played in a bowling-alley, the aim being to bowl down ten pins set up at the far end.
Tenrec, ten′rek,n.a genus ofInsectivora, of one species, 12 to 16 inches long, with squat body and hardly any tail, found in Madagascar and Mauritius.—AlsoTan′rec. [Malagasy.]
Tense, tens,n.time in grammar, the form of a verb to indicate the time of the action. [O. Fr.tens(Fr.temps)—L.tempus, time.]
Tense, tens,adj.strained to stiffness: rigid.—adv.Tense′ly.—ns.Tense′ness, state of being tense;Tensibil′ity,Tensil′ity, quality of being tensile.—adjs.Ten′sible,Ten′sile, capable of being stretched.—ns.Ten′sion, act of stretching: state of being stretched or strained: strain: effort: strain in the direction of the length, or the degree of it: mental strain, excited feeling: a strained state of any kind;Ten′sion-rod, a rod in a structure holding together different parts;Ten′sity, tenseness: state of being tense.—adj.Ten′sive, giving the sensation of tenseness or stiffness.—n.Ten′sor, a muscle that tightens a part. [L.tensus, pa.p. oftendĕre, to stretch.]
Tenson, ten′son,n.a competition in verse between two troubadours before a tribunal of love, also a subdivision of the chanson composed at such.—AlsoTen′zon. [Fr.,—L.tensio, a struggle.]
Tent, tent,n.a portable lodge or shelter, generally of canvas stretched on poles: a plug or roll of lint used to dilate a wound or opening in the flesh—v.t.to probe: to keep open with a tent.—ns.Tent′-bed, a bed having a canopy hanging from a central point overhead;Tent′-cloth, canvas, duck, &c. suitable for tents.—adj.Ten′ted, covered with tents.—ns.Ten′ter, one who lives in a tent;Tent′-fly, an external piece of canvas stretched above the ridge-pole of a tent, shading from sun or shielding from rain;Tent′ful, as many as a tent will hold;Tent′-guy, an additional rope for securing a tent against a storm.—adjs.Ten′tiform, shaped like a tent;Ten′ting(Keats), having the form of a tent.—ns.Tent′-mak′er, one who makes tents;Tent′-peg,-pin, a strong peg of notched wood, or of iron, driven into the ground to fasten one of the ropes of a tent to;Tent′-peg′ging, a favourite cavalry exercise in India, in which the competitor, riding at full speed, tries to bear off a tent-peg on the point of a lance;Tent′-pole, one of the poles used in pitching a tent;Tent′-rope, one of the ropes by which a tent is secured to the tent-pins, generally one for each breadth of the canvas;Tent′-stitch, in worsted and embroidery, a series of parallel diagonal stitches—alsoPetit point;Tent′-work, work produced by embroidering with tent-stitch. [Fr.tente—Low L.tenta—L.tendĕre, to stretch.]
Tent, tent,n.a Spanish wine of a deep-red colour. [Sp.tinto, deep-coloured—L.tinctus, pa.p. oftingĕre, to dye.]
Tent, tent,v.t.(Scot.) to take heed.—v.i.to be careful.—n.care, watchfulness. [Same asIntent.]
Tentacle, ten′ta-kl,n.a thread-like organ of certain insects for feeling or motion.—adjs.Ten′tacled;Tentac′ūlar;Tentac′ūlate;Tentaculif′erous.—n.Tentac′ūlite, a genus of annulated tapering shells, found abundantly in Silurian and Devonian strata. [Fr.tentacule—L.tentāre, to feel—tendĕre, to stretch.]
Tentation, ten-tā′shun,n.old form oftemptation.
Tentative, ten′ta-tiv,adj.trying: experimental.—n.any attempt, conjecture.—adv.Ten′tatively. [Fr.,—Late L.,—L.tentāre, to try—tendĕre, to stretch.]
Tenter, ten′tėr,n.a machine for extending or stretching cloth on by hooks.—v.t.to stretch on hooks.—n.Ten′ter-hook, a sharp, hooked nail, anything that gives torture.—Be on tenter-hooks, to be on the stretch: to be in suspense or anxiety. [Fr.tenture—L.tentura—tendĕre, to stretch.]
Tenter, ten′tėr,n.one who has charge of something.—adj.Ten′ty, attentive.
Tenth, tenth,adj.the last of ten: next in order after the ninth.—n.one of ten equal parts.—adv.Tenth′ly, in the tenth place.
Tentigo, ten-tī′gō,n.morbid lasciviousness.—adj.Tentig′inous.
Tentorium, ten-tō′ri-um,n.a sheet of the dura mater stretched between the cerebrum and the cerebellum.—adj.Tentō′rial. [L., 'a tent'—tendĕre, to stretch.]
Tenture, ten′tūr,n.hangings for walls.
Tenuity, te-nū′i-ti,n.thinness: smallness of diameter: slenderness: rarity.—v.t.Ten′ūate, to make tenuous.—adj.Tenūiros′tral, slender-billed, as a bird of theTenūiros′tres, a large division of passerine birds including humming-birds, nuthatches, &c.—adj.Ten′ūous, thin, slender. [L.tenuitas—tenuis, thin, slender; cf.tendĕre, to stretch.]
Tenure, ten′ūr,n.a general name for the conditions on which land is held by the persons who occupy and use it. [Fr.tenure—Low L.tenura—L.tenēre, to hold.]
Tenuto, te-nōō′tō,adj.(mus.) sustained—opp. toStaccato. [It.]
Teocalli, te-ō-kal′li,n.one of the temples of the aborigines of Central America, which were erected on the top of a four-sided pyramid, and the remains of which are chiefly found in Mexico.
Tepefy, tep′ē-fī,v.t.to make tepid or moderately warm:—pa.t.andpa.p.tep′efīed.—n.Tepefac′tion, act of making tepid or lukewarm. [L.tepefacĕre—tepēre, to be warm,facĕre, to make.]
Tephrite, tef′rīt,n.a name applied to certain modern volcanic rocks.—adj.Tephrit′ic.—ns.Teph′ritoid, a variety of tephrite;Tephi′roite, a reddish silicate of manganese.
Tephromancy, tef′rō-man-si,n.divination from the inspection of the ashes of a sacrifice.—AlsoTeph′ramancy. [Gr.tephra, ashes,manteia, divination.]
Tepid, tep′id,adj.moderately warm: lukewarm.—ns.Tepidā′rium, an intermediate chamber in a Roman series of bathrooms, moderately hot: a boiler in which the water was heated: any room containing a warm bath;Tepid′ity,Tep′idness, lukewarmness;Tep′or, gentle heat. [L.tepidus—tepēre, to be warm.]
Ter, tėr,adv.thrice. [L.]
Teramorphous, ter-a-mor′fus,adj.monstrous in form or nature. [Gr.teras, a monster,morphē, form.]
Teraphim, ter′a-fim,n.pl.a Hebrew word of uncertain derivation, denoting a certain kind of images, idols, or household gods, of a human figure, associated with divination, and commonly used in the popular worship:—sing.Ter′aph. [Heb.]
Teratology, ter-a-tol′ō-ji,n.the study of malformations or abnormal growths, animal or vegetable.—adj.Teratogen′ic, producing monsters.—n.Teratog′eny, the production of monsters.—adjs.Ter′atoid, monstrous;Teratolog′ic,-al, pertaining to teratology.—ns.Teratol′ogist, one skilled in teratology;Teratō′ma, an anomalous congenital tumour, often containing many different tissues.—adj.Teratō′matous.—n.Teratō′sis, monstrosity. [Gr.teras,teratos, a monster.]
Terbium, ter′bi-um,n.a rare metal found in certain yttrium minerals.—adj.Ter′bic.
Terce, tėrs,n.(Scots law) a widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property: the office of the third hour, which should be said between sunrise and noon. [Tierce.]
Tercel, tėrs′el,n.Same asTiercel.
Tercentenary, tėr-sen′te-nā-ri,adj.including or relating to an interval of three hundred years.—n.the 300th anniversary of anything.—adj.Tercenten′nial.
Tercet, ter′set,n.a triplet.
Tercine, ter′sin,n.(bot.) a layer of the primine coat of an ovule.
Terebene, ter′ē-bēn,n.a light-yellow liquid, obtained by treating oil of turpentine with sulphuric acid, used as a disinfectant.—adj.Tereb′ic, pertaining to turpentine.—n.Ter′ebinth, the turpentine-tree.—adj.Terebinth′ine. [L.,—Gr.terebinthos.]
Terebra, ter′ē-bra,n.a Roman engine for making a breach in a wall: the borer or ovipositor of various insects.—adj.Ter′ebrant.—n.a borer, a bore.—v.t.Ter′ebrāte, to bore.—adj.provided with a borer.—n.Terebrā′tion. [L.]
Terebratula, ter-ē-brat′ū-la,n.a genus of deep-sea Brachiopods, from the form of the ventral valve of their shell termed Lamp-shells.—n.Terebrat′ulid, one of this genus.—adj.Terebrat′ūliform.—n.Terebrat′ulite, a fossil terebratulid.—adj.Terebrat′ūloid(alson.).
Teredo, tē-rē′do,n.the ship-worm, a worm very destructive in boring into wood.—AlsoTer′edine. [L.,—Gr.terēdōn, fromteirein, to wear away.]
Terek, ter′ek,n.a kind of sandpiper, of the genusTerē′kia.
Terentian, ter-en′shi-an,adj.pertaining to the Roman comic poetTerence, P. Terentius Afer (b. 195B.C.).
Teres, tē′rēz,n.a terete muscle.—adjs.Terete′, cylindrical and tapering, columnar;Tereticau′date, round-tailed. [L.teres,terĕtis, smooth,terĕre, to rub.]
Tergal, ter′gal,adj.pertaining to the back, dorsal.—adjs.Ter′gant(her.), turning the back, recursant;Tergif′erous, bearing on the back.—n.Ter′gite, the tergum or back of one of the somites or segments of an arthropod, &c.—adj.Tergit′ic.—n.Ter′gum, the back, dorsum, or notum, as of an arthropod:—pl.Ter′ga. [L.tergum, the back.]
Tergeminate, ter-jem′i-nāt,adj.thrice double.—AlsoTergem′inal,Tergem′inous.
Tergiversation, tėr-ji-vėr-sā′shun,n.a shuffling or shifting: subterfuge: fickleness of conduct.—v.i.Ter′giversate, to practise or use evasion.—n.Ter′giversātor. [L., fromtergum, the back,versāri, to turn.]
Term, tėrm,n.any limited period: the time for which anything lasts: the time during which the courts of law are open: certain days on which rent is paid: that by which a thought is expressed, a word or expression: a condition or arrangement (gener. inpl.): (alg.) a member of a compound quantity.—v.t.to apply a term to: to name or call.—n.Term′er, one who attends a court term, often with the sense of a shifty rogue: one holding an estate for a term of years—alsoTerm′or.—adj.Terminolog′ical.—adv.Terminology′ically.—n.Terminol′ogy, doctrine of terms: the terms used in any art, science, &c.—adj.Term′less, having no term or end: (Spens.) unlimited, boundless.—adv.Term′ly, term by term.—Be on terms with, to be on friendly relations with;Bring to terms, to compel to the acceptance of conditions;Come to terms, to come to an agreement: to submit;Eat one's terms(seeEat);In terms of, in the language peculiar to anything, in modes of;Keep a term, to give the regular attendance during a period of study;Major term, in a syllogism, that which is the predicate of the conclusion; theMinor term, that which is the subject of the conclusion;Make terms, to come to an agreement;Speak in terms, to speak plainly;Stand upon one's terms(with), to insist upon conditions. [Fr.terme—L.terminus, a boundary.]
Terma, ter′ma,n.the terminal lamina of the brain.—adj.Termat′ic.—n.the termatic artery. [Gr., 'a limit.']
Termagant, tėr′ma-gant,n.a boisterous, bold woman.—adj.boisterous: brawling: tumultuous.—n.Ter′magancy, state or quality of being a termagant: turbulence.—adv.Ter′magantly. [M. E.TermagantorTervagant, a supposed Mohammedan idol, represented in the old plays and moralities as of a violent character—O. Fr.Tervagant,Tervagan—It.Trivigante, perh. from the moon as wandering under three names ofSelene(Luna) in heaven,Artemis(Diana) on earth, andPersephone(Proserpine) in the lower world.]
Termes, tėr′mēz,n.a genus of pseudoneuropterous insects. [Termite.]
Terminate, tėr′min-āt,v.t.to set a limit to: to set the boundary: to put an end to: to finish.—v.i.to be limited: to end either in space or time: to close.—adj.Ter′minable, that may be limited: that may terminate or cease.—n.Ter′minableness.—adj.Ter′minal, pertaining to, or growing at, the end or extremity: ending a series or part: occurring in every term.—n.pl.Terminā′lia, an annual Roman festival in honour ofTerminus, the god of boundaries.—adv.Ter′minally.—n.Terminā′tion, act of terminating or ending: limit: end: result: the ending of words as varied by their signification.—adjs.Terminā′tional, pertaining to, or forming, a termination;Ter′minātive, tending to terminate or determine: absolute.—adv.Ter′minātively.—n.Ter′minātor, one who, or that which, terminates: the boundary between the illuminated and dark portions of the moon or of a planet.—adj.Ter′minātory. [L.terminus.]
Terminus, tėr′mi-nus,n.the end or extreme point: one of the extreme points of a railway, &c.: the ancient Roman god of boundaries:—pl.Ter′mini(ī).—ns.Ter′miner(law), the act of determining;Ter′minism, the theological doctrine that there is a limit in the life of each man and of mankind for the operation of grace;Ter′minist, one who believes in terminism.
Termite, ter′mīt,n.the white ant.—ns.Termitā′rium,Ter′mitary, a mound of termites.—adj.Ter′mitine. [L.termes,termitis, a wood-worm.]
Tern, tėrn,n.a long-winged aquatic fowl allied to the gull.—n.Ter′nery, a place where terns breed. [Allied to Dan.terne, sea-swallow, Ice.therna.]
Tern, tėrn,adj.threefold: consisting of three: growing in threes.—n.that which consists of three things or numbers together: a prize in a lottery got by drawing three favourable numbers.—adjs.Ter′nal, threefold;Ter′nary, proceeding by, or consisting of, threes.—n.the number three.—adj.Ter′nāte, threefold, or arranged in threes.—adv.Ter′nātely.—n.Ter′nion, a section of paper for a book containing three double leaves or twelve pages. [L.terni, three each—tres, three.]
Terne, tėrn,n.an inferior tin-plate for roofs and the inside of packing-cases. [Fr.terne, dull.]
Terpene, ter′pēn,n.one of several isomeric oily hydrocarbons. [Terebene.]
Terpsichore, tėrp-sik′ō-rē,n.one of the nine muses, who presided over choral song and dancing.—adj.Terpsichorē′an, relating toTerpsichore, or to dancing. [Gr.terpsichorē, delighting in dancing—terpsis, delight—terpein, to enjoy, choros, dancing.]
Terra, ter′a,n.earth.—ns.Terr′a-cot′ta, a composition of clay and sand used for statues, hardened like bricks by fire;Terr′aculture, agriculture;Terr′æ-fil′ius, a person of humble origin: formerly the title of a scholar at Oxford who composed annually a satirical lampoon in which considerable license was allowed;Terr′a-fir′ma, a term frequently employed to denote continental land as distinguished from islands: (coll.) land as distinguished from water;Terr′a-japon′ica, pale catechu or gambier;Terr′a-mara(-mä′ra),an earthy deposit containing fertilising organic or mineral matter, any deposit containing prehistoric remains.—adjs.Terrā′nēan, being in the earth;Terrā′nēous, growing on land.—ns.Terrā′rium, a vivarium for land animals;Terr′a-ros′sa, a name given to a ferruginous red earth extensively developed in the limestone districts of south-eastern Europe, esp. in Istria and Dalmatia. [L.terra, earth; L.cocta, pa.p. ofcoquĕre, to cook; L.firmus, firm; It.amara, bitter;rosso, red.]
Terrace, ter′ās,n.a raised level bank of earth: any raised flat place: the flat roof of a house:—pl.(geol.) comparatively level strips of land near the sea, lakes, or rivers, with a sharp descent at the edge towards the water, showing an ancient water-level.—v.t.to form into a terrace. [Fr.terrasse—It.terrazza—L.terra, the earth.]
Terrain, ter′ān,n.(geol.) any series of rocks continuously related: any tract considered in relation to its fitness for some purpose. [Fr.,—L.terrenum.]
Terrapin, ter′a-pin,n.the popular name of many species of fresh-water and tidal tortoises of the familyEmydidæ, natives of tropical and the warmer temperate countries. [Supposed to be Amer. Ind. in origin.]
Terraqueous, ter-ā′kwē-us,adj.consisting of land and water.—AlsoTerrā′quēan. [Coined from L.terra, earth,aqua, water.]
Terreen, ter-ēn′,n.less common form oftureen.
Terremotive, ter-e-mō′tiv,adj.seismic.
Terrene, te-rēn′,adj.pertaining to the earth: earthy: earthly.—adv.Terrene′ly.—n.Terren′ity. [L.terrenus—terra, the earth.]
Terrestrial, te-res′tri-al,adj.pertaining to, or existing on, the earth: earthly: living on the ground: representing the earth.—adv.Terres′trially.—n.Terres′trialness.—adj.Terres′trious, terrestrial. [L.terrestris—terra, the earth.]
Terret, ter′et,n.one of the two round loops or rings on a pad-tree, through which the driving reins pass.—AlsoTerr′it.
Terrible, ter′i-bl,adj.fitted to excite terror or awe: awful: dreadful.—ns.Terr′ible-in′fant, an inconveniently outspoken child—the Fr.enfant terrible;Terr′ibleness, state of being terrible: terror, dread.—adv.Terr′ibly. [L.terribilis—terrēre, to frighten.]
Terricolous, te-rik′ō-lus,adj.terrestrial.—AlsoTer′ricole,Terric′oline. [L.terra, earth,colĕre, to inhabit.]
Terrier, ter′i-ėr,n.a name originally applied to any breed of dog used to burrow underground, but now applied to any small dog—varieties are theFox terrier,Scotch terrier(sometimesSkye terrier),Dandie Dinmont(from the stout Borderer in Scott's 'Guy Mannering'), theIrish terrier,Bedlington, &c.: a hole or burrow where foxes, rabbits, &c. secure themselves. [Fr.terrier—terre, the earth—L.terra.]
Terrier, ter′i-ėr,n.a register or roll of a landed estate. [O. Fr.,—L.terrarius—terra, land.]
Terrify, ter′i-fī,v.t.to cause terror in: to frighten greatly: to alarm:—pa.t.andpa.p.terr′ifīed.—adj.Terrif′ic, creating or causing terror: fitted to terrify: dreadful.—adv.Terrif′ically. [L.terrēre, to terrify,facĕre, to make.]
Terrigenous, te-rij′e-nus,adj.produced by the earth.
Terrine, te-rēn′,n.an earthenware vessel for containing some dainty: a tureen for soup. [Fr.,—L.terra, earth.]
Territory, ter′i-tō-ri,n.the extent of land around or belonging to a city or state: domain: (U.S.) a portion of the country not yet admitted as a State into the Union, and still under a provisional government.—adj.Territō′rial, pertaining to territory: limited to a district.—v.t.Territō′rialise, to enlarge by addition of territory: to reduce to the state of a territory.—ns.Territō′rialism, a theory of church government according to which the ruler of a country has the natural right to rule also over the ecclesiastical affairs of his people;Territorial′ity, the possession of territory.—adv.Territō′rially.—adj.Terr′itoried, possessed of territory. [L.territorium—terra, the earth.]
Terror, ter′or,n.extreme fear: an object of fear or dread—(Milt.)Terr′our.—adj.Terr′or-haunt′ed, haunted with terror.—n.Terrorisā′tion.—v.t.Terr′orise, to terrify: to govern by terror.—ns.Terr′oriser, one who terrorises;Terr′orism, a state of terror: a state which impresses terror: an organised system of intimidation;Terr′orist, one who rules by terror.—adjs.Terr′orless, free from terror: harmless;Terr′or-smit′ten,-strick′en,-struck, seized with terror, terrified.—v.t.Terr′or-strike, to smite with terror.—King of Terrors, death;Reign of Terror, orThe Terror, the period of fever in the first French Revolution, during which the king, the queen, thousands of victims—the innocent and the guilty—the Girondists, Danton, Madame Roland, and at last Robespierre, were hurried to the guillotine. [L.terror—terrēre, to frighten.]
Terry, ter′i,n.a pile fabric with uncut loops.
Tersanctus. SeeTrisagion.
Terse, tėrs,adj.compact or concise, with smoothness or elegance: neat.—adv.Terse′ly.—ns.Terse′ness, conciseness, brevity;Ter′sion, act of wiping. [L.tersus—tergēre,tersum, to rub clean.]
Tertial, ter′shal,adj.of the third rank among the flight-feathers of a bird's wing.—n.a tertiary flight-feather.
Tertian, tėr′shi-an,adj.occurring every third day.—n.an ague or fever with paroxysms every third day. [L.tertianus—tertius, third—tres, three.]
Tertiary, tėr′shi-ar-i,adj.of the third degree, order, or formation: pertaining to the series of sedimentary rocks or strata lying above the chalk and other secondary strata, and abounding in organic remains—theCainozoic: (ornith.) tertial.—n.one who, or that which, is tertiary.—n.pl.Ter′tiaries, a class in the R.C. Church, who, without entering into the seclusion of a monastery, aspire to practise in ordinary life all the substantial obligations of the scheme of virtue laid down in the Gospel. [L.tertiarius—tertius.]
Teruncius, te-run′shi-us,n.an ancient Roman coin, ¼ as, weighing 3 oz.
Teru-tero, ter′ōō-ter′ō,n.the Cayenne lapwing.
Tervy, ter′vi,v.i.(prov.) to struggle.
Terza-rima, ter′tsa-rē′ma,n.a form of Italian triplet in iambic decasyllables, in which the middle line of the first triplet rhymes with the first and third lines of the next triplet, as in Dante'sDivina Commediaand Longfellow's translation of it.—n.Terzet′to, a musical composition for three voices. [It.,terza, fem. ofterzo, third,rima, rhyme.]
Tesho-lama. SeeLama.
Tessera, tes′e-ra,n.one of the small square tiles or cut stones used in forming tessellated pavements:—pl.Tess′eræ—alsoTessel′la:—pl.Tessel′læ.—adjs.Tess′ellar, composed of, or like, tessellæ;Tess′ellar,Tesserā′ic,Tess′eral, made up of tesseræ.—v.t.Tess′ellate, to form into squares or lay with chequered work.—adj.Tess′ellated.—n.Tessellā′tion, tessellated or mosaic work: the operation of making it. [L.tessella, dim. oftessera, a square piece.]