Chapter 20

Ster"il*i`zer (?),n.One that sterilizes anything; specif., an apparatus for sterilizing an organic fluid or mixture.

Still"son wrench (?). A pipe wrench having an adjustable L-shaped jaw piece sliding in a sleeve that is pivoted to, and loosely embraces, the handle. Pressure on the handle increases the grip.

{ Stil"ton cheese" (?),orStil"ton },n.A peculiarly flavored unpressed cheese made from milk with cream added; -- so called from the village or parish ofStilton, England, where it was originally made. It is very rich in fat.

Thus, in the outset he was gastronomic; discussed the dinner from the soup to thestilton.

C. Lever.

{ Sti"mey, Sti"mie } (?),n. & v. t.See Stymie.

{ Sting ray or Sting"ray` },n.Any one of numerous rays of the familyDasyatidæ, syn.Trygonidæ, having one or more large sharp barbed dorsal spines, on the whiplike tail, capable of inflicting severe wounds. Some species reach a large size, and some, esp., on the American Pacific coast, are very destructive to oysters.

Stitch (?),n.An arrangement of stitches, or method of stitching in some particular way or style; as, cross-stitch; herringbonestitch, etc.

Stock,n.1.Raw material; that out of which something is manufactured; as, paperstock.

2.(Soap Making)A plain soap which is made into toilet soap by adding perfumery, coloring matter, etc.

Stock"ing (?),n.Any of various things resembling, or likened to, a stocking; as:(a)A broad ring of color, differing from the general color, on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped; esp., a white ring between the coronet and the hock or knee of a dark-colored horse.(b)A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.

Sto"gy (?),a.[Etym. uncertain. Cf. Stocky.] heavy; coarse; clumsy. [Colloq.]

Sto"gy,n.;pl.Stogies(&?;). [Written alsostogie.] [Colloq.]1.A stout, coarse boot or shoe; a brogan.

2.A kind of cheap, but not necessary inferior, cigar made in the form of a cylindrical roll.

Stoke"hold` (?),n.(Naut.)The space, or any of the spaces, in front of the boilers of a ship, from which the furnaces are fed; the stokehole of a ship; also, a room containing a ship's boilers; as, forced draft with closedstokehold; -- called also, in American ships,fireroom.

Sto`ma*tol"o*gy (?),n.[Gr. &?;, &?;, mouth +-logy.](Med.)Scientific study or knowledge of the mouth.

Stom"a*to*plas`ty (?),n.[Gr. &?;, &?;, mouth +-plasty.] Plastic surgery of the mouth.

Stop order.(Finance)An order that aims to limit losses by fixing a figure at which purchases shall be sold or sales bought in, as where stock is bought at 100 and the broker is directed to sell if the market price drops to 98.

Stop"-o`ver,n.Act or privilege of stopping over. [Cant]

Storm (?),n.--Anticyclonic storm(Meteor.), a storm characterized by a central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction contrary to that cyclonic storms. It is attended by low temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often by clear sky. Called alsohigh- area storm,anticyclone. When attended by high winds, snow, and freezing temperatures such storms have various local names, asblizzard,wet norther,purga,buran, etc. --Cyclonic storm.(Meteor.)A cyclone, or low-area storm. See Cyclone, above.

{ Sto"va*in (?),n.Also -ine }. [Stove(a translation of the name of the discoverer,Fourneau+-in,-ine.](Pharm.)A substance, C14H22O2NCl, the hydrochloride of an amino compound containing benzol, used, in solution with strychnine, as a local anæsthetic, esp. by injection into the sheath of the spinal cord, producing anæsthesia below the point of introduction.

Strain,n.(Hort.)A cultural subvariety that is only slightly differentiated.

Stran"gle hold. In wrestling, a hold by which one's opponent is choked. It is usually not allowed.

Stra`to-cir"rus (?),n.[Stratus+cirrus.](Meteor.)An alto-stratus cloud.

Stra`to-cu"mu*lus (?),n.[Stratus+cumulus.](Meteor.)Large balls or rolls of dark cloud which frequently cover the whole sky, esp. in winter, and give it at times an undulated appearance.

Stream clock.(Physiol.)An instrument for ascertaining the velocity of the blood in a vessel.

Stream gold.(Mining)Gold in alluvial deposits; placer gold.

Stream line. The path of a constituent particle of a flowing fluid undisturbed by eddies or the like.

Stream"line` (?),a.Of or pert. to a stream line; designating a motion or flow that is free from turbulence, like that of a particle in a streamline; hence, designating a surface, body, etc., that is designed so as to afford an unbroken flow of a fluid about it, esp. when the resistance to flow is the least possible; as, astreamlinebody for an automobile or airship.

Stream wheel. A wheel used for measuring, by its motion when submerged, the velocity of flowing water; a current wheel.

Stress (?),v. t.1.To subject to phonetic stress; to accent.

2.To place emphasis on; to make emphatic; emphasize.

Strike (?),n.1.A sudden finding of rich ore in mining; hence, any sudden success or good fortune, esp. financial.

2.(Bowling, U. S.)Act of leveling all the pins with the first bowl; also, the score thus made. Sometimes calleddouble spare.

3.(Baseball)Any actual or constructive striking at the pitched ball, three of which, if the ball is not hit fairly, cause the batter to be put out; hence, any of various acts or events which are ruled as equivalent to such a striking, as failing to strike at a ball so pitched that the batter should have struck at it.

4.(Tenpins)Same as Ten- strike.

String (?),n.1.(a)In various indoor games, a score or tally, sometimes, as in American billiard games, marked by buttons threaded on a string or wire.(b)In various games, competitions, etc., a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.

2.(Billiards & Pool)(a)The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; -- called alsostring line.(b)Act of stringing for break.

3.A hoax; a trumped-up or "fake" story. [Slang]

String,v. t.To hoax; josh; jolly. [Slang]

String,v. i.To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

Strip"per,n.(Agric.)A cow that has nearly stopped giving milk, so that it can be obtained from her only by stripping.

Struc"tur*al shape.(Engin. & Arch.)The shape of a member especially adapted to structural purposes, esp. in giving the greatest strength with the least material. Hence, Colloq., any steel or iron member of such shape, as channel irons, I beams, T beams, etc., or, sometimes, a column, girder, etc., built up with such members.

Structural steel.(a)Rolled steel in structural shapes.(b)A kind of strong mild steel, suitable for structural shapes.

||Stun"dist (?),n.[Russ.shtundist, prob. fr. G.stundehour; -- from their meetings for Bible reading.](Eccl. Hist.)One of a large sect of Russian dissenters founded, about 1860, in the village of Osnova, near Odessa, by a peasant, Onishchenko, who had apparently been influenced by a German sect settled near there. They zealously practice Bible reading and reject priestly dominion and all external rites of worship. -- Stun"dism (#),n.

Stunt (?),n.[Cf. Stint a task.] A feat hard to perform; an act which is striking for the skill, strength, or the like, required to do it; a feat. [Colloq.]

An extraordinary man does three or four different "stunts" with remarkable dexterity.

The Bookman.

He does not try to dostunts; and, above all, he does not care to go in swimming.

L. Hutton.

||Sty"lus,n.In a photograph, a pointed piece which is moved by the vibrations given to the diaphragm by a sound, and produces the indented record; also, a pointed piece which follows the indented record, vibrates the diaphragm, and reproduces the sound.

{ Sty"mie (?),n.Also Sti"my }. [Orig. uncertain.](Golf)The position of two balls on the putting green such that, being more than six inches apart, one ball lies directly between the other and the hole at which the latter must be played; also, the act of bringing the balls into this position.

{ Sty"mie,v. t.Also Sti"my }.(Golf)To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.

Sub*ac"e*tate (?),n.(Chem.)An acetate containing an excess of the basic constituent.

Sub*car"bon*ate (?),n.(Chem.)A carbonate containing an excess of the basic constituent.

Sub*cel"lar (?),n.A cellar beneath another story wholly or partly underground; usually, a cellar under a cellar.

Sub*con"scious*ness (?),n.The state or quality of being subconscious; a state of mind in which perception and other mental processes occur without distinct consciousness.

Su`ber*i*za"tion (?),n.(Bot.)Conversion of the cell walls into cork tissue by development of suberin; -- commonly taking place in exposed tissues, as when a callus forms over a wound. Suberized cell walls are impervious to water.

Su"ber*ize (?),v. t.[imp. & p. p.-ized (?);p. pr. & vb. n.-izing (?).] [L.subercork.](Bot.)To effect suberization of.

Sub*lim"i*nal (?),a.[Pref.sub-+ L.limenthreshold.](Philos.)Existing in the mind, but below the surface or threshold of consciousness; that is, existing as feeling rather than as clear ideas.

Sub`ma*rine" (?),n.A submarine boat; esp.,Nav., a submarine torpedo boat; -- called specif.submergible submarinewhen capable of operating at various depths and of traveling considerable distances under water, andsubmersible submarinewhen capable of being only partly submerged, i.e., so that the conning tower, etc., is still above water. The latter type and most of the former type are submerged as desired by regulating the amount of water admitted to the ballast tanks and sink on an even keel; some of the former type effect submersion while under way by means of horizontal rudders, in some cases also with admission of water to the ballast tanks.

Sub*sist"ence De*part"ment.(Mil.)A staff department of the United States army charged, under the supervision of the Chief of Staff, with the purchasing and issuing to the army of such supplies as make up the ration. It also supplies, for authorized sales, certain articles of food and other minor stores. It is commanded by any officer of the rank of brigadier general, called commissary general, and the department is popularly called theCommissary Department.

Suck"er State. Illinois; -- a nickname.

Sudd (sd),n.[Ar.saddbarrier.] A tangled mass of floating vegetal matter obstructing navigation. [Central Africa]

Suède (swdorswâd),n.[F., Sweden.] Swedish glove leather, -- usually made from lambskins tanned with willow bark. Also used adjectively; as,suèdegloves.

Sug*ges"tion (?),n.(Hypnotism)The control of the mind of an hypnotic subject by ideas in the mind of the hypnotizer.

Sug*gest"ive med"i*cine (?). Treatment by commands or positive statements addressed to a more or less hypnotized patient.

Sul"phite (?),n.A person who is spontaneous and original in his habits of thought and conversation. [Slang] -- Sul*phit"ic (#),a.[Slang]

Asulphiteis a person who does his own thinking, he is a person who has surprises up his sleeve. He is explosive.

Gelett Burgess.

Su*lu" (?),n.[MalaySuluk.] A member of the most prominent tribe of the Moro tribes, occupying the Sulu Archipelago; also, their language.

Su*ma"tra leaf (?). A thin, elastic, uniformly light- colored tobacco leaf, raised in Sumatra and extensively used for cigar wrappers.

Su*me"ri*an (?),a.[Written alsoSumirian.] Of or pertaining to the region of lower Babylonia, which was anciently calledSumer, or its inhabitants or their language.

Su*me"ri*an,n.[Written alsoSumirian.] A native of lower Babylonia, anciently called Sumer.

||Sum"mum bo"num (?). [L.](Philos.)The supreme or highest good, -- referring to the object of human life.

Sun"cup` (?),n.A yellow flowered evening primrose (Taraxia, syn. Œnothera, ovata) native of California.

Sun"dog`,n.(Meteor.)A fragmentary rainbow; a small rainbow near the horizon; -- called alsodogandweathergaw.

Sun"down`er (?),n.A tramp or vagabond in the Australian bush; -- so called from his coming to sheep stations at sunset of ask for supper and a bed, when it is too late to work; -- called alsotravelerandswagman(but not allswagmenaresundowners).

Sundowners, -- men who loaf about till sunset, and then come in with the demand for unrefusable rations.

Francis Adams.

Sun"drops` (?),n.[Sun+drop.](Bot.)Any one of the several species ofKneiffia, esp.K. fruticosa(syn.Œnothera fruticosa), of the Evening-primrose family, having flowers that open by daylight.

Sun"flow`er State. Kansas; a nickname.

Su`per*dread"nought` (?),n.See Dreadnought, above.

Su`per*heat" (?),v. t.To heat a liquid above its boiling point without converting it into vapor.

Su"per*man` (?),n.= Overman, above.

Su"per*tax` (?),n.[Super-+tax.] A tax in addition to the usual or normal tax; specif., in the United Kingdom, an income tax of sixpence for every pound in addition to the normal income tax of one shilling and twopence for every pound, imposed, by the Finance Act of 1909-1910 (c. 8, ss 66, 72), on the amount by which the income of any person exceeds £3,000 when his total income exceeds £5,000.

Sur*charge",v. t.To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp).

Sur*charge",n.[F.]1.(Railroads)A charge over the usual or legal rates.

2.Something printed or written on a postage stamp to give it a new legal effect, as a new valuation, a place, a date, etc.; also (Colloq.), a stamp with a surcharge.

Sur"face load`ing.(Aëronautics)The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface.

Sur"face ten"sion.(Physics)That property, due to molecular forces, which exists in thesurface filmof all liquids and tends to bring the contained volume into a form having the least superficial area. The thickness of this film, amounting to less than a thousandth of a millimeter, is considered to equal the radius of the sphere of molecular action, that is, the greatest distance at which there is cohesion between two particles. Particles lying below this film, being equally acted on from all sides, are in equilibrium as to forces of cohesion, but those in the film are on the whole attracted inward, and tension results.

Sur*ren"der,n.(Insurance)The voluntary cancellation of the legal liability of the company by the insured and beneficiary for a consideration (called thesurrender value).

||Sur"sum cor"da (?). [L.sursumupward +cordahearts.](Eccl.)In the Eucharist, the versicles immediately before the preface, inviting the people to join in the service by "lifting up the heart" to God.

Swag (?),v. i.To tramp carrying a swag. [Australia]

Swag,n.[Australia](a)A tramping bushman's luggage, rolled up either in canvas or in a blanket so as to form a long bundle, and carried on the back or over the shoulder; -- called also abluey, or adrum.(b)Any bundle of luggage similarly rolled up; hence, luggage in general.

He tramped for years till theswaghe bore seemed part of himself.

Lawson.

Swag"ger (?),n.A swagman. [Australia]

Swag"gie (?),n.A swagman. [Australia]

Swag"man (?),n.A bushman carrying a swag and traveling on foot; -- called alsoswagsman,swagger, andswaggie.

Swags"man (?),n.A swagman. [Australia]

{ Swas"ti*ka, Swas"ti*ca } (?),n.[Alsosuastica,svastika, etc.] [Skr.svastika, fr.svastiwalfare;suwell +astibeing.] A symbol or ornament in the form of a Greek cross with the ends of the arms at right angles all in the same direction, and each prolonged to the height of the parallel arm of the cross. A great many modified forms exist, ogee and volute as well as rectilinear, while various decorative designs, as Greek fret or meander, are derived from or closely associated with it. The swastika is found in remains from the Bronze Age in various parts of Europe, esp. at Hissarlik (Troy), and was in frequent use as late as the 10th century. It is found in ancient Persia, in India, where both Jains and Buddhists used (or still use) it as religious symbol, in China and Japan, and among Indian tribes of North, Central, and South America. It is usually thought to be a charm, talisman, or religious token, esp. a sign of good luck or benediction. Max MüLler distinguished from theswastika, with arms prolonged to the right, thesuavastika, with arms prolonged to the left, but this distinction is not commonly recognized. Other names for the swastika arefylfotandgammadion.

Sway bar.(Vehicles)(a)A bar attached to the hounds, in the rear of the front axle, so as to slide on the reach as the axle is swung in turning the vehicle.(b)Either of the two bars used in coupling the front and rear sleds of a logging sled; also, the bar used to couple two logging cars.

Switch (?),n.(Elec.)A device for shifting an electric current to another circuit, or for making and breaking a circuit.

Syl"la*bus (?),n.(Law)The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case. The opinion controls the syllabus, the latter being merely explanatory of the former.

Syl"van*ite (?),n.[Fr. Transylvania, where first found.](Min.)A telluride of gold and silver, (Au, Ag)Te2, of a steel gray, silver white, or brass yellow. It often occurs in implanted crystals resembling written characters, and hence is calledgraphic tellurium. H., 1.5-2. Sp.gr., 7.9-8.3.

||Sym`bi*o"sis (?),n.[NL., fr. Gr. &?; a living together, &?; to live together; &?; with + &?; to live.](Biol.)The living together in more or less imitative association or even close union of two dissimilar organisms. In a broad sense the term includes parasitism, orantagonistic, or antipathetic, symbiosis, in which the association is disadvantageous or destructive to one of the organisms, but ordinarily it is used of cases where the association is advantageous, or often necessary, to one or both, and not harmful to either. When there is bodily union (in extreme cases so close that the two form practically a single body, as in the union of algæ and fungi to form lichens, and in the inclusion of algæ in radiolarians) it is calledconjunctive symbiosis; if there is no actual union of the organisms (as in the association of ants with myrmecophytes),disjunctive symbiosis.

Sym`bi*ot"ic (?),a.[Gr. &?;.](Biol.)Pertaining to, or characterized by, or living in, a state of symbiosis. -- Sym`bi*ot"ic*al (#),a.-- Sym`bi*ot"ic*al*ly (#),adv.

Sym"pa*thy,n.(Physiol. & Med.)(a)The reciprocal influence exercised by organs or parts on one another, as shown in the effects of a diseased condition of one part on another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a tumor of the brain.(b)The influence of a certain psychological state in one person in producing a like state in another.

Syn"cre*tism (?),n.(Philol.)The union or fusion into one of two or more originally different inflectional forms, as of two cases.

{ Syn*dac"tyl, Syn*dac"tyle } (?),a.[Syn-+ Gr. &?; finger, toe.](Zoöl. & Med.)Having two or more digits wholly or partly united. See Syndactylism.

Syn"dic (?),n.(Civil Law)One appointed to manage an estate, essentially as a trustee, under English law.

Syn"dic*al (?),a.1.Consisting of, or pert. to, a syndic.

2.Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, syndicalism.

Syn"dic*al*ism (?),n.[F.syndicalisme.] The theory, plan, or practice of trade- union action (originally as advocated and practiced by the French Confédération Générale du Travail) which aims to abolish the present political and social system by means of the general strike (as distinguished from the local or sectional strike) and direct action of whatever kind (as distinguished from action which takes effect only through the medium of political action) --direct actionincluding any kind of action that is directly effective, whether it be a simple strike, a peaceful public demonstration, sabotage, or revolutionary violence. By the general strike and direct action syndicalism aims to establish a social system in which the means and processes of production are in the control of local organizations of workers, who are manage them for the common good.

Syn"dic*al*ist,n.One who advocates or practices syndicalism. -- Syn`dic*al*is"tic (#),a.

Syn"di*cate (?),v. t.[imp. & p. p.-cated (?);p. pr. & vb. n.-cating (?).]1.To combine or form into, or manage as, a syndicate.

2.To acquire or control for or by, or to subject to the management of, a syndicate; as,syndicatednewspapers.

Syn"di*cate,v. i.To unite to form a syndicate.

Syn`di*ca"tion (?),n.Act or process of syndicating or forming a syndicate.

Syn"e*sis (?),n.[Gr. &?; intelligence.](Gram.)A construction in which adherence to some element in the sense causes a departure from strict syntax, as in "Philip went down to Samaria and preached Christ untothem."

Syn"o*nym (?),n.1.An incorrect or incorrectly applied scientific name, as a new name applied to a species or genus already properly named, or a specific name preoccupied by that of another species of the same genus; -- so used in the system of nomenclature (which see) in which the correct scientific names of certain natural groups (usually genera, species, and subspecies) are regarded as determined by priority.

2.One of two or more words corresponding in meaning but of different languages; a heteronym. [Rare]

Syn*ton"ic (?),a.(Physics)Of or pert. to syntony; specif., designating, or pert. to, a system of wireless telegraphy in which the transmitting and receiving apparatus are in syntony with, and only with, one another. -- Syn*ton"ic*al (#),a.-- Syn*ton"ic*al*ly,adv.

Syn"to*nize (?),v. t.[imp. & p. p.-nized (?);p. pr. & vb. n.-nizing (?).] [See Syntony.](Physics)To adjust or devise so as to emit or respond to electric oscillations of a certain wave length; to tune; specif., to put (two or more instruments or systems of wireless telegraphy) in syntony with each other. -- Syn`to*ni*za"tion (#),n.

Syn"to*niz`er (?),n.(Physics)One that syntonizes; specif., a device consisting essentially of a variable inductance coil and condenser with a pair of adjustable spark balls, for attuning the time periods of antennæ in wireless telegraphy (called alsosyntonizing coil).

Syn"to*ny (?),n.[Cf. Gr. &?; agreement. See Syn-; Tone.](Physics)State of being adjusted to a certain wave length; agreement or tuning between the time period of an apparatus emitting electric oscillations and that of a receiving apparatus, esp. in wireless telegraphy.

Sys"to*le (?),n.(Physiol. & Biol.)The contraction of the heart and arteries by which the blood is forced onward and the circulation kept up; also, the contraction of a rhythmically pulsating contractile vacuole; -- correlative todiastole. -- Sys*tol"ic (#),a.

Syz"y*gy (sz"*j),n.The intimately united and apparently fused condition of certain low organisms during conjugation.

Ta*bas"co sauce (?). [So named afterTabasco, a river and state of Mexico.] A kind of very pungent sauce made from red peppers.

||Ta`bleau",n.(Solitaire)The arrangement, or layout, of cards.

||Ta"ble d'hôte". Now, commonly, a meal, usually of several courses, in a restaurant, hotel, or the like, for which one pays a fixed price irrespective of what one orders; -- often used adjectively; as, atable-d'hôtemeal.

Table work.(Print.)Typesetting of tabular nmatter, or the type matter set in tabular form.

Tab"loid (?),n.[A table-mark.] A compressed portion of one or more drugs or chemicals, or of food, etc.

Tab"loid,a.Compressed or condensed, as into a tabloid; administrated in or as in tabloids, or small condensed bits; as, atabloidform of imparting information.

Ta*boo" (?),a.[Written alsotapu.] [Polynesiantabu,tapu, sacred, under restriction, a prohibition.] Set apart or sacred by religious custom among certain races of Polynesia, New Zealand, etc., and forbidden to certain persons or uses; hence, prohibited under severe penalties; interdicted; as, food, places, words, customs, etc., may betaboo.

||Tac`-au-tac" (?),n.[F., fr.riposter du tac au tacto parry (wheretacimitates the sound made by the steel).](Fencing)The parry which is connected with a riposte; also, a series of quick attacks and parries in which neither fencer gains a point.

Ta*chis"to*scope (?),n.[Gr. &?;, superl. of &?; swift +-scope.](Physiol.)An apparatus for exposing briefly to view a screen bearing letters or figures. It is used in studying the range of attention, or the power of distinguishing separate objects in a single impression.

Tach"o*graph (?),n.[Gr. &?; speed +-graph.] A recording or registering tachometer; also, its autographic record.

Ta*chom"e*try (?),n.Measurement by a tachometer; the science or use of tachometers.

Tach"y*graph (?),n.An example of tachygraphy; esp., an ancient Greek or Roman tachygraphic manuscript.

Ta*chyg"ra*pher (?),n.[Gr. &?; a fast writer.] One who writes shorthand; a stenographer; esp., an ancient Greek or Roman notary.

Ta*chym"e*ter (?),n.[Tachy-+-meter.]1.(Surveying)An instrument, esp. a transit or theodolite with stadia wires, for determining quickly the distances, bearings, and elevations of distant objects.

2.A speed indicator; a tachometer.

Ta*chym"e*try (?),n.The science or use of the tachymeter. -- Ta`chy*met"ric (#),a.

Tach"y*scope (?),n.[Gr. &?; quick +-scope.] An early form of antimated-picture machine, devised in 1889 by Otto Anschütz of Berlin, in which the chronophotographs were mounted upon the periphery of a rotating wheel.

Tack"y (?),a.[Etymol. uncert.] Dowdy, shabby, or neglected in appearance; unkempt. [Local, U. S.]

Tack"y,n.[Written alsotackey.] An ill-conditioned, ill-fed, or neglected horse; also, a person in a like condition. [Southern U. S.]

Tact"ful (?),a.Full of tact; characterized by a discerning sense of what is right, proper, or judicious.

Tac"tic*al (?),a.[Gr. &?;. See Tactics.] Of or pert. to military or naval tactics; hence, pert. to, or characterized by, planning or maneuvering.

{ Tæ"ni*a*cide` (?),n.Also Te"ni*a*cide` }. [Tænia+-cide.](Med.)A remedy to destroy tapeworms.

{ Tæ"ni*a*fuge` (?),n.Also Te"ni*a*fuge` }. [Tænia+ L.fugareto drive away.](Med.)A remedy to expel tapeworms.

{ ||Tæ*ni"a*sis (?),n.Also ||Te*ni"a*sis }. [NL. See Tænia.](Med.)Ill health due to tænia, or tapeworms.

Ta*gal" (?),n.1.One of a Malayan race, mainly of central Luzon, next to the Visayans the most numerous of the native peoples of the Philippines. Nearly all are Christians and many are highly educated.

2.The language of the Tagals; Tagalog.

Ta*ga"log (?),n.1.(Ethnol.)Any member of a certain tribe which is one of the leading and most civilized of those native of the Philippine Islands.

2.The language of the Tagalogs. It belongs to the Malay family of languages and is one of the most highly developed members of the family.

Tag day. A day on which contributions to some public or private charity or fund are solicited promiscuously on the street, and tags given to contributors to wear as an evidence of their having contributed. Such solicitation is now subject to legal restriction in various places.

Tai (?),a.Designating, or pertaining to, the chief linguistic stock of Indo-China, including the peoples of Siamese and Shan speech.

Tai,n.A member of one of the tribes of the Tai stock.

TheTaisfirst appeared in history in Yunnan, and from thence they migrated into Upper Burma. The earliest swarms appear to have entered that tract about two thousand years ago, and were small in number.

Census of India, 1901.

Tail,n.1.pl.(Rope Making)In some forms of rope-laying machine, pieces of rope attached to the iron bar passing through the grooven wooden top containing the strands, for wrapping around the rope to be laid.

2.pl.A tailed coat; a tail coat. [Colloq. or Dial.]

Tail,n.(Aëronautics)In flying machines, a plane or group of planes used at the rear to confer stability.

Tail"ing,n.(Elec.)A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.

Tai"lor-made`,a.Made by a tailor or according to a tailor's fashion; -- said specif. of women's garments made with certain closeness of fit, simplicity of ornament, etc.

Tail"piece` (?),n.1.(Locks)A piece for transmitting motion from the hub of a lock to the latch bolt.

2.The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, etc.

Taint (?),v. t.Aphetic form of Attaint.

{ Tai"ping", or Tae"ping" } (?),a.[Chin.t'aip'inggreat peace.](Chinese Hist.)Pertaining to or designating a dynasty with which one Hung-Siu-Chuen, a half-religious, half-political enthusiast, attempted to supplant the Manchu dynasty by theTaiping rebellion, incited by him in 1850 and suppressed by General Gordon about 1864.

Taj Ma*hal" (täj m*häl"). [Corruption of Per.Mumtz-i-Maal, lit., the distinguished one of the palace, fr. Ar.] A marble mausoleum built at Agra, India, by the Mogul Emperor Shah Jahan, in memory of his favorite wife. In beauty of design and rich decorative detail it is one of the best examples of Saracenic architecture.

Take (tk),v. t.1.To make a picture, photograph, or the like, of; as, totakea group or a scene. [Colloq.]

2.To give or deliver (a blow to); to strike; hit; as, hetookme in the face; hetookme a blow on the head. [Obs. exc. Slang or Dial.]

Take"-off`,n.The spot at which one takes off; specif., the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.

Thetake-offshould be selected with great care, and a pit of large dimensions provided on the landing side.

Encyc. of Sport.

Tak"ing-off`,n.1.(Print.)The removal of sheets from the press. [Eng.]

2.Act of presenting a take-off, or burlesque imitation.

||Tal"a*poin (tl"*poin),n.[Pg.talapoi,talapoin, name for Buddhist priest, fr. Siameset‘ama p‘r;t‘ama, honorific title +p‘rpriest.] A Buddhist monk or priest. [Ceylon & Indo- China]

||Tal"cum (?),n.[NL.](Min.)Same as Talc.

Tall"boy` (?),n.1.A kind of long-stemmed wineglass or cup.

2.A piece of household furniture common in the eighteenth century, usually in two separate parts, with larger drawers above and smaller ones below and raised on legs fifteen inches or more in height; -- called alsohighboy.

3.A long sheet-metal pipe for a chimney top.

||Tal"lis (?),n.Same as Tallith.

||Tal"lith (?),n.[NHeb.tallth.](Jewish Costume)(a)An undergarment worn by orthodox Jews, covering the chest and the upper part of the back. It has an opening for the head, and has tassels, called zizith, on its four corners.(b)A tasseled shawl or scarf worn over the head or thrown round the shoulders while at prayer.

Tal"mud*ism (?),n.(&?;),n.The teachings of the Talmud, or adherence to them.

Ta*ma"le (?),n.[Written alsotamal,tomale.] [Amer. Sp.tamal, of Mex. origin.] A Mexican dish made of crushed maize mixed with minced meat, seasoned with red pepper, dipped in oil, and steamed.

Tam`bour*ine" (?),n.A South American wild dove (Tympanistria tympanistria), mostly white, with black-tiped wings and tail. Its resonant note is said to be ventriloquous.

Tam`-o'-shan"ter (?),n.[So named afterTam o'Shanter, a character in Burns's poem of the same name.] A kind of Scotch cap of wool, worsted, or the like, having a round, flattish top much wider than the band which fits the head, and usually having a tassel in the center.

Tam"worth (?),n.[FromTamworth, Staffordshire, England.] One of a long-established English breed of large pigs. They are red, often spotted with black, with a long snout and erect or forwardly pointed ears, and are valued as bacon producers.

Tan,v. t.To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch. [Colloq.]

Tan"dem,n.A tandem bicycle or other vehicle.

Tan"dem cart. A kind of two-wheeled vehicle with seats back to back, the front one somewhat elevated.

Tandem engine. A steam engine having two or more steam cylinders in line, with a common piston rod.

Tandem system.(Elec.)= Cascade system.

Tang (täng),n.[Chin.T'ang.] A dynasty in Chinese history, from a. d. 618 to 905, distinguished by the founding of the Imperial Academy (the Hanlin), by the invention of printing, and as marking a golden age of literature.

Tan"ge*lo (tn"j*l),n.[Tangerine + pomelo.] A hybrid between the tangerine orange and the grapefruit, or pomelo; also, the fruit.

Tangent spoke. A tension spoke of a bicycle or similar wheel, secured tangentially to the hub.

Tangent wheel.(a)A worm or worm wheel; a tangent screw.(b)A wheel with tangent spokes.

Tan"go (?),n.; pl.Tangos(#). [Sp., a certain dance.](a)A difficult dance in two-four time characterized by graceful posturing, frequent pointing positions, and a great variety of steps, including the cross step and turning steps. The dance is of Spanish origin, and is believed to have been in its original form a part of the fandango.(b)Any of various popular forms derived from this.

Tank (?),n.A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.

We stood in the afterglow on the bank of thetankand saw the ducks come homa.

F. Remington.

Thetanksare full and the grass is high.

Lawson.

Tank"age (?),n.1.The act or process of putting or storing in tanks.

2.Fees charged for storage in tanks.

3.The capacity or contents of a tank or tanks.

4.(Agric.)Waste matter from tanks; esp., the dried nitrogenous residue from tanks in which fat has been rendered, used as a fertilizer.

{ Tank ship, Tank vessel }.(Naut.)A vessel fitted with tanks for the carrying of oil or other liquid in bulk.

Tan"ner (?),n.[Etym. uncertain.] A sixpence. [Slang, Eng.]

Tan"ni*gen (?),n.[Tannin +-gen.](Pharm.)A compound obtained as a yellowish gray powder by the action of acetyl chloride or acetic anhydride or ordinary tannic acid. It is used as an intestinal astringent, and locally in rhinitis and pharyngitis.

Tan"tra (tn"tr; tn"-),n.[Skr.](Hinduism)A ceremonial treatise related to Puranic and magic literature; esp., one of the sacred works of the worshipers of Sakti. -- Tan"tric (- trk),a.

Tan"trism (?),n.The system of doctrines and rites taught in the tantras. -- Tan"trist (#),n.

||Tao`tai" (?),n.[Chin.taocircuit +t'ai, a title of respect.] In China, an official at the head of the civil and military affairs of a circuit, which consists of two or morefu, or territorial departments; -- called also, by foreigners,intendant of circuit. Foreign consuls and commissioners associated with taotais as superintendants of trade at the treaty ports are ranked with the taotai.

{ ||Tap`a*de"ra (?), ||Tap`a*de"ro (?) },n.} [Alsotapidero.] [Sp.tapaderalid, cover.] One of the leather hoods which cover the stirrups of a Mexican saddle.

Tape (?),v. t.[imp. & p. p.Taped (?);p. pr. & vb. n.Taping.] To furnish with tape; to fasten, tie, bind, or the like, with tape; specif.(Elec.), to cover (a wire) with insulating tape.

Tap"es*try bee"tle. A small black dermestoid beetle (Attagenus piceus) whose larva feeds on tapestry, carpets, silk, fur, flour, and various other goods.

Tap"pet rod.(Mech.)A rod carrying a tappet or tappets, as one for closing the valves in a Cornish pumping engine.

Tap*poon" (?),n.[Sp.tampóna stopper.](Irrigation)A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow a field. [U. S.]

Tar"get (?),n.1.A thin cut; a slice; specif., of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints. [Eng.]

2.A tassel or pendent; also, a shred; tatter. [Obs. Scot.]

Tar"iff (?),n.A tariff may be imposed solely for, and with reference to, the production of revenue (called arevenue tariff, ortariff for revenue, or for the artificial fostering of home industries (a projective tariff), or as a means of coercing foreign governments, as in case ofretaliatory tariff.

Tar*pe"ian (?),a.[L.Tarpeius, prop., pertaining toTarpeia.] Pertaining to or designating a rock or peak of the Capitoline hill, Rome, from which condemned criminals were hurled.

Task wage.(Polit. Econ.)A wage paid by the day, or some fixed period, on condition that a minimum task be performed. When the workman is paid in proportion for excess over the minimum, the wage is one for piece-work.

Tat"ter*sall's (?),n.A famous horse market in London, established in 1766 by Richard Tattersall, also used as the headquarters of credit betting on English horse races; hence, a large horse market elsewhere.

Tat"ty (?),n.; pl.Tatties(#). [Hind.a.] A mat or screen of fibers, as of the kuskus grass, hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters. [India]

Tau (tou),n.[Gr. tay^.] The nineteenth letter (, τ) of the Greek alphabet, equivalent to Englisht.

{ Tau"pie, Taw"pie } (?),n.[Cf. Icel.tpifool, Dan.taabe, Sw.tåp.] A foolish or thoughtless young person, esp. a slothful or slovenly woman. [Scot.]Burns.

Tau"rid (?),n.[Taurus+ 1st-id.](Astron.)Any of a group of meteors appearing November 20-23; -- so called because they appear to radiate from a point in Taurus.

Tau*taug" (?),n.(Zoöl.)Same as Tautog.

Tax certificate.(Law)The certificate issued to the purchaser of land at a tax sale certifying to the sale and the payment of the consideration thereof, and entitling the purchaser upon certain conditions and at a certain time thereafter to a deed or instrument of conveyance (called atax deed) of the land, to be executed by the proper officer.

Tax"is (?),n.In technical uses, as in architecture, biology, grammar, etc., arrangement; order; ordonnance.

Tay"lor-White" proc`ess.(Metal.)A process (invented about 1899 by Frederick W. Taylor and Maunsel B. White) for giving toughness to self-hardening steels. The steel is heated almost to fusion, cooled to a temperature of from 700° to 850° C. in molten lead, further cooled in oil, reheated to between 370° and 670° C., and cooled in air.

Tchick (?),n.[Imitative.] A slight sound such as that made by pressing the tongue against the roof of the mouth and explosively sucking out the air at one side, as in urging on a horse. --v. i.To make a tchick.

T connection.(Elec.)The connection of two coils diagrammatically as a letter T, chiefly used as a connection for passing transformers. When the three free ends are connected to a source of three-phase current, two-phase current may be derived from the secondary circuits. The reverse arrangement may be used to transform from two-phase. -- T"- connected,a.

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

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, theteamworkof a football eleven or a gun crew.

Is theteamworksystem employed, or does one workman make the whole cigar?

U. S. Consular Repts.

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.

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

Tech*ni"cian (?),n.A technicist; esp., one skilled particularly in the technical details of his work.

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.

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.

Tec*ton"ic (?),a.1.(Biol.)Structural.

2.(Geol. & Phys. Geog.)Of, pert. to, or designating, the rock structures and external forms resulting from the deformation of the earth's crust; as,tectonicarches or valleys.

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.

||Te*des"co (?),a.; pl.Tedeschi(#). [It., of Germanic origin. See Dutch.] German; -- used chiefly of art, literature, etc.

||Te De"um (?). A musical setting of the Te Deum.

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.

Teeing ground.(Golf)The space from within which the ball must be struck in beginning the play for each hole.

Tees"wa`ter (?),n.[From the riverTees, 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.

Tee-to"-tum (?),n.[Cf. Teetotaler.] A workingmen's resort conducted under religious influences as a counteractant to the drinking saloon. [Colloq. or Cant]

Tel*au"to*gram (?),n.A message transmitted and recorded by a teleautograph.

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.

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.

Te*le"ga (?),n.[Russ.telyega.] A rude four-wheeled, springless wagon, used among the Russians.

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.

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.

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.

Telegraph plant. An East Indian tick trefoil(Meibomia gyrans), whose lateral leaflets jerk up and down like the arms of a semaphore, and also rotate on their axes.

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.

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-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 theTel-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..

Tel`e*lec"tric (?),a.[Gr. th^le far +electric.](Elec.)Of or pertaining to transmission, as of music, to a distance by electricity.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Tel`e*pho"to*graph (?),n.[Gr. th^le far +photograph.] A photograph, image, or impression, reproduced by or taken with a telephotographic apparatus.

Tel`e*pho`to*graph"ic (?),a.Designating, or pertaining to, the process of 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.

Tel"e*scope (tl"*skp),a.Capable of being extended or compacted, like a telescope, by the sliding of joints or parts one within the other; telescopic; as, atelescopebag;telescopetable, etc.

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

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

Tel"e*seism (?),n.[Gr. th^le far + &?; shock.] A seismic movement or shock far from the recording instrument. -- Tel`e*seis"mic (#),a.

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.

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.

Tel`e*ther"mo*graph (?),n.[Gr. th^le far +thermo-+-graph.](Physics)(a)A record of fluctuations of temperature made automatically at a distant station.(b)An instrument, usually electrical, making such records.

Tel"ford (?),a.[After ThomasTelford, a Scotch road engineer.] Designating, or pert. to, a road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly, in the interstices; as,telfordpavement, road, etc.

Tel"ford*ize (?),v. t.[imp. & p. p.Telfordized (?);p. pr. & vb. n.Telfordizing (?).] To furnish (a road) with a telford pavement.

Tel`har*mon"ic (?),a.Of or pertaining to 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.

Tell"tale`,n.1.A thing that serves to disclose something or give information; a hint or indication.

It supplies many useful links andtelltales.

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.

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.

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.Telpherageandtelpherare sometimes applied to such systems in which the motive power is not electricity.

||Tem*blor" (?),n.[Sp.] An earthquake. [Western U. S.]

||Tem"pe*ra (?),n.[It.](Paint.)A mode or process of painting; distemper.

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°).

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.

Tem"ple,n.1.(Mormon Ch.)A building dedicated to the administration of ordinances.

2.A local organization of Odd Fellows.

Ten"der*foot`,n.See Boy scout.

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.

||Ten"dre (?),n.[F.] Tender feeling or fondness; affection.

You poor friendless creatures are always having some foolishtendre.

Thackeray.

Ten*dresse" (?),n.[F.] Tender feeling; fondness. [Obs., except as a French word]

||Ten*no" (?),n.[Jap.tenn, fr. Chin.t'ienheaven +wangking.] Lit., King of Heaven; -- a title of the emperor of Japan as the head of the Shinto religion.

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*ni"tis (?),n.[NL., Gr. te`nwn tendon +-itis.](Med.)Inflammation of a tendon.

||Ten`o*ni"tis,n.[NL. See Tenonian, -itis.] Inflammation of the Tenonian capsule.

Te*nor"rha*phy (?),n.[Gr. te`nwn tendon +-rhaphy.](Surg.)Suture of a tendon.

||Ten`o*si"tis (?),n.[NL., fr. Gr. te`nwn tendon +-itis.](Med.)Inflammation of a tendon.

||Ten`o*syn`o*vi"tis (?),n.[NL., fr. Gr. te`nwn tendon +synovitis.](Med.)Inflammation of the synovial sheath of a tendon.

Ter"ek (?),n.[Because found on theTerekRiver in the Caucasus.] A sandpiper (Terekia cinerea) of the Old World, breeding in the far north of eastern Europe and Asia and migrating to South Africa and Australia. It frequents rivers.

Term day. A day which is a term (as for payment of rent), or is a day in a term, as of the sitting of a court; esp., one of a series of special days, designated by scientists of different nations or stations, for making synoptic magnetic, meteorological, or other physical observations.

Ter"mi*nal (?),a.(Railroads)Pertaining to a railroad terminal; connected with the receipt or delivery of freight; as,terminalcharges.

Ter"mi*nal,n.(Railroads)(a)The end of a line of railroad, with the switches, stations, sheds, and other appliances pertaining thereto.(b)Any station for the delivery or receipt of freight lying too far from the main line to be served by meresidings.(c)A rate charged on all freight, independent of the distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct frommileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses; a terminal charge.(d)A town lying at the end of a railroad; -- more properly called aterminus.

Term insurance. Insurance for a specified term providing for no payment to the insured except upon losses during the term, and becoming void upon its expiration.

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