Defn: The grivet.
TOTALTo"tal, a. Etym: [F., fr. LL. totalis, fr. L. tolus all,whole. Cf.Factotum, Surtout, Teetotum.]
Defn: Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, atotal departure from the evidence; a total loss. " Total darkness.""To undergo myself the total crime." Milton. Total abstinence. SeeAbstinence, n., 1.— Total depravity. (Theol.) See Original sin, under Original.
Syn: Whole; entire; complete. See Whole.
TOTALTo"tal, n.
Defn: The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.
TOTALISTo"tal*is, n. [See Total, a.]
Defn: The total.
I look on nothing but totalis.B. Jonson.
TOTALISATORTo"tal*i*sa`tor, n.
Defn: Same as Totalizator.
TOTALITYTo*tal"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. totalite, LL. totalitas.]
1. The quality or state of being total; as, the totality of an eclipse.
2. The whole sum; the whole quantity or amount; the entirety; as, the totalityof human knowledge. Buckle. The totality of a sentence or passage. Coleridge.
TOTALIZATIONTo`tal*i*za"tion, n.
Defn: Act of totalizing, or state of being totalized.
TOTALIZATORTo"tal*i*za`tor, n. [From Totalize: cf. F. totalisateur.]
Defn: A machine for registering and indicating the number and nature of bets made on horse races, as in Australia and South Africa. Called also totalizer.
TOTALIZETo"tal*ize, v. t.
Defn: To make total, or complete;to reduce to completeness.Coleridge.
TOTALIZERTo"tal*i`zer, n.
Defn: Same as Totalizator.
TOTALLYTo"tal*ly, adv.
Defn: In a total manner; wholly; entirely.
TOTALNESSTo"tal*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being total; entireness; totality.
TOTARATo"ta*ra, n. [Maori.]
Defn: A coniferous tree (Podocarpus totara), next to the kauri the most valuable timber tree of New Zeland. Its hard reddish wood is used for furniture and building, esp. in wharves, bridges, etc. Also mahogany pine.
TOTE Tote, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toted; p. pr. & vb. n. Toting.] Etym: [Said to be of African origin.]
Defn: To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; — a colloquial word of the Southern States, and used esp. by negroes.
TOTETote, n. Etym: [L. totum, fr.totus all, whole.]
Defn: The entire body, or all; as, the whole tote. [Colloq.]
TOTEARTo*tear", v. t. Etym: [Pref. to- + tear. ]
Defn: To tear or rend in pieces. [Obs.] Chaucer.
TOTEM To"tem, n. Etym: [Massachusetts Indian wutohtimoin that to which a person or place belongs.]
Defn: A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by theNord American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or aclan.And they painted on the grave posts Of the graves, yet unforgotten,Each his own ancestral totem Each the symbol of his household;Figures of the bear and reindeer, Of the turtle, crane, and beaver.Longfellow.The totem,the clan deity, the beast or bird who in some supernaturalway attends tothe clan and watches over it. Bagehot.
TOTEMICTo*tem"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a totem, or totemism.
TOTEMISMTo"tem*ism, n.
1. The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a tribe by the totem.
2. Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real or imaginary object; nature worship. Tylor.
TOTEMISTTo"tem*ist, n.
Defn: One belonging to a clan or tribe having a totem.— To`tem*is"tic, a.
TOTEM POLE; TOTEM POSTTo"tem pole or post.
Defn: A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols, set up before the house of certain Indian tribes of the northwest coast of North America, esp. Indians of the Koluschan stock.
TOTERTot"er, n. Etym: [See Tote to carry.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The stone roller. See Stone roller (a), under Stone.
T'OTHERT'oth"er.
Defn: A colloquial contraction of the other, and formerly a contraction for that other. See the Note under That, 2. The tothir that was crucifield with him. Wyclif(John xix. 32)
TOTIPALMATETo`ti*pal"mate, a. Etym: [L. totus all, whole + E.palmate.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having all four toes united by a web;-said of certain sea birds, as the pelican and the gannet. See Illust. under Aves.
TOTIPALMI To`ti*pal"mi, n.pl. Etym: [NL.,from L. totus all, whole + palmus palm.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of swimming birds including those that have totipalmate feet.
TOTIPRESENCETo`ti*pres"ence, n. Etym: [L. totus all, whole + E.presence.]
Defn: Omnipresence. [Obs.] A. Tucker.
TOTIPRESENTTo`ti*pres"ent, a. Etym: [L. totus all, whole + E. present.]
Defn: Omnipresence. [Obs.] A. Tucker.
TOTTERTot"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tottered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tottering.]Etym: [Probably for older tolter; cf. AS. tealtrian to totter,vacillate. Cf.Tilt to incline, Toddle, Tottle, Totty.]
1. To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be unsteady; to stagger; as,an old man totters with age. "As a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence." Ps. lxii. 3.
2. To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver. Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. Dryden.
TOTTERERTot"ter*er, n.
Defn: One who totters.
TOTTERINGLYTot"ter*ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a tottering manner.
TOTTERYTot"ter*y, a.
Defn: Trembling or vaccilating, as if about to fall; unsteady; shaking. Johnson.
TOTTLETot"tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tottled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tottling.]Etym: [See Toddle, Totter.]
Defn: To walk in a wavering, unsteady manner; to toddle; to topple.[Colloq.]
TOTTLISHTot"tlish, a.
Defn: Trembling or tottering, as if about to fall; un steady.[Colloq. U.S.]
TOTTYTot"ty, a. Etym: [OE. toti. Cf. Totter.]
Defn: Unsteady; dizzy; tottery. [Obs.or Prov. Eng.] Sir W. Scott.For yet his noule [head] was totty of the must. Spenser.
TOTYTot"y, a.
Defn: Totty. [Obs.]My head is totty of my swink to-night. Chaucer.
TOTYTo"ty, n.
Defn: A sailor or fisherman;-so called in some parts of the Pacific.
TOUCANTou"can, n. Etym: [F., fr. Pg. tucano; from Brazilian name. ]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of fruit-eating birds of tropical America belonging to Ramphastos, Pteroglossus, and allied genera of the family Ramphastidæ. They have a very large, but light and thin, beak, often nearly as long as the body itself. Most of the species are brilliantly colored with red, yellow, white, and black in striking contrast.
2. (Astronom.)
Defn: A modern constellation of the southern hemisphere.
TOUCANETTou"can*et, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small toucan.
TOUCH Touch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Touched; p. pr. & vb. n. Touching.] Etym: [F. toucher, OF. touchier, tuchier; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. zucchen, zukken, to twitch, pluck, draw, G. zukken, zukken, v. intens. fr. OHG. ziohan to draw, G. ziehen, akin to E. tug. See Tuck, v. t., Tug, and cf. Tocsin, Toccata.]
1. To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on. Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear Touched lightly. Milton.
2. To perceive by the sense of feeling. Nothing but body can be touched or touch. Greech.
3. To come to; to reach; to attain to. The god, vindictive, doomed them never more-Ah, men unblessed! — to touch their natal shore. Pope.
4. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone. [Obs.] Wherein I mean to touch your love indeed. Shak.
5. To relate to; to concern; to affect. The quarrel toucheth none but us alone. Shak.
6. To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of. Storial thing that toucheth gentilesse. Chaucer.
7. To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the books. Pope.
8. To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to melt; tosoften.What of sweet before Hath touched my sense, flat seems to this andharsh. Milton.The tender sire was touched with what he said. Addison.
9. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush. The lines, though touched but faintly, are drawn right. Pope.
10. To infect; to affect slightly. Bacon.
11. To make an impression on; to have effect upon. Its face . . . so hard that a file will not touch it. Moxon.
12. To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music. [They] touched their golden harps. Milton.
13. To perform, as a tune; to play. A person is the royal retinue touched a light and lively air on the flageolet. Sir W. Scott.
14. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly. " No decree of mine, . . . [to] touch with lightest moment of impulse his free will," Milton.
15. To harm, afflict, or distress. Let us make a covenant with thee, that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee. Gen. xxvi. 28, 29.
16. To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; — rarely used except in the past participle. She feared his head was a little touched. Ld. Lytton.
17. (Geom.)
Defn: To be tangent to. See Tangent, a.
18. To lay a hand upon for curing disease. To touch a sail (Naut.), to bring it so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes. — To touch the wind (Naut.), to keep the ship as near the wind as possible. — To touch up, to repair; to improve by touches or emendation.
TOUCHTouch, v. i.
1. To be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points. Johnson.
2. To fasten; to take effect; to make impression. [R.] Strong waters pierce metals, and will touch upon gold, that will not touch upon silver. Bacon.
3. To treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner; — often with on or upon. If the antiquaries have touched upon it, they immediately quitted it. Addison.
4. (Naut)
Defn: To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes. To touch and go (Naut.), to touch bottom lightly and without damage, as a vessel in motion. — To touch at, to come or go to, without tarrying; as, the ship touched at Lisbon. — To touch on or upon, to come or go to for a short time. [R.] I made a little voyage round the lake, and touched on the several towns that lie on its coasts. Addison.
TOUCHTouch, n. Etym: [Cf. F. touche. See Touch, v. ]
1. The act of touching, or the state of being touched; contact. Their touch affrights me as a serpent's sting. Shak.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: The sense by which pressure or traction exerted on the skin is recognized; the sense by which the properties of bodies are determined by contact; the tactile sense. See Tactile sense, under Tactile. The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine. Pope.
Note: Pure tactile feelings are necessarily rare, since temperature sensations and muscular sensations are more or less combined with them. The organs of touch are found chiefly in the epidermis of the skin and certain underlying nervous structures.
3. Act or power of exciting emotion. Not alone The death of Fulvia, with more urgent touches, Do strongly speak to us. Shak.
4. An emotion or affection. A true, natural, and a sensible touch of mercy. Hooker.
5. Personal reference or application. [Obs.] Speech of touch toward others should be sparingly used. Bacon.
6. A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof. I never bare any touch of conscience with greater regret. Eikon Basilike.
7. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture. Never give the least touch with your pencil till you have well examined your design. Dryden.
8. Feature; lineament; trait. Of many faces, eyes, and hearts, To have the touches dearest prized. Shak.
9. The act of the hand on a musical instrument; bence, in the plural,musical notes.Soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony.Shak.
10. A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash. Eyes La touch of Sir Peter Lely in them. Hazlitt. Madam, I have a touch of your condition. Shak.
11. A hint; a suggestion; slight notice. A small touch will put him in mind of them. Bacon.
12. A slight and brief essay. [Colloq.] Print my preface in such form as, in the booksellers' phrase, will make a sixpenny touch. Swift.
13. A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone. [Obs.] " Now do I play the touch." Shak. A neat new monument of touch and alabaster. Fuller.
14. Hence, examination or trial by some decisive standard; test;proof; tried quality.Equity, the true touch of all laws. Carew.Friends of noble touch . Shak.
15. (Mus.)
Defn: The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers; as, a heavy touch, or a light touch, also, the manner of touching, striking, or pressing the keys of a piano; as, a legato touch; a staccato touch.
16. (Shipbilding)
Defn: The broadest part of a plank worked top and but (see Top and but, under Top, n.), or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters. J. Knowles.
17. (Football)
Defn: That part of the field which is beyond the line of flags on either side. Encyc. of Rural Sports.
18. A boys' game; tag. In touch (Football), outside of bounds. T. Hughes. — To be in touch, to be in contact, or in sympathy. — To keep touch. (a) To be true or punctual to a promise or engagement [Obs.]; hence, to fulfill duly a function. My mind and senses keep touch and time. Sir W. Scott. (b) To keep in contact; to maintain connection or sympathy;-with with or of. — Touch and go, a phrase descriptive of a narrow escape. — True as touch (i.e., touchstone), quite true. [Obs.]
TOUCHABLETouch"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being touched; tangible.— Touch"a*ble*ness, n.
TOUCHBACKTouch"back`, n. (G)
Defn: The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; — distinguished from safety touchdown.
TOUCH-BOXTouch"-box`, n.
Defn: A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers who used matchlocks, to kindle the match.
TOUCHDOWNTouch"down`, n. (Football)
Defn: The act of touching the football down behind the opponents' goal . Safety touchdown. See under Safety.
TOUCHHOLETouch"hole`, n.
Defn: The vent of a cannot or other firearm, by which fire is communicateed to the powder of the charge.
TOUCHILYTouch"i*ly, adv.
Defn: In a touchy manner.
TOUCHINESSTouch"i*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being touchy peevishness; irritability; irascibility.
TOUCHINGTouch"ing, a.
Defn: Affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale.— Touch"ing*ly, adv.
TOUCHINGTouch"ing, prep.
Defn: Concerning; with respect to.Now, as touching things offered unto idols. 1 Cor. viii. 1.
TOUCHINGTouch"ing, n.
Defn: The sense or act of feeling; touch.
TOUCH-ME-NOT Touch"-me-not`, n. (Bot.) (a) See Impatiens. (b) Squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.
TOUCH-NEEDLETouch"-nee`dle, n. (Metal.)
Defn: A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for trying the purity of articles of gold or silver by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone.
TOUCH-PAPERTouch"-pa`per, n.
Defn: Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like.
TOUCHSTONETouch"stone`, n.
1. (Min.)
Defn: Lydian stone; basanite; — so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See Basanite.
2. Fig.:
Defn: Any test or criterion by which the qualities of a thing aretried. Hooker.The foregoing doctrine affords us also a touchstone for the trial ofspirits. South.Irish touchstone (Min.), basalt, the stone which composes the Giant'sCauseway.
TOUCHWOOD Touch"wood`, n. Etym: [Probably for tachwood; OE. tache tinder (of uncertain origin) + wood.]
1. Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk.
2. Dried fungi used as tinder; especially, the Polyporus igniarius.
TOUCHYTouch"y, a. Etym: [For techy, tetchy.]
Defn: Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire.[Colloq.]It may be said of Dryden that he was at no time touchy about personalattacks. Saintsbury.
TOUGH Tough, a. [Compar. Tougher; superl. Toughest.] Etym: [OE. tough, AS. toh, akin to D. taai, LG. taa, tage, tau, OHG. zahi, G. zähe, and also to AS. getenge near to, close to, oppressive, OS. bitengi.]
1. Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough. "Tough roots and stubs. " Milton.
2. Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; as, tough sinews. Cowper. A body made of brass, the crone demands, . . . Tough to the last, and with no toil to tire. Dryden. The basis of his character was caution combined with tough tenacity of purpose. J. A. Symonds.
3. Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm.
4. Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow. So tough a frame she could not bend. Dryden.
5. Severe; violent; as, a tough storm. [Colloq.] " A tough debate. " Fuller. To make it tough, to make it a matter of difficulty; to make it a hard matter. [Obs.] Chaucer.
TOUGH-CAKETough"-cake`, n.
Defn: See Tough-pitch (b).
TOUGHENTough"en, v. i.&t. [imp. & p. p. Toughened; p. pr. & vb. n.Toughening.]
Defn: To grow or make tough, or tougher.
TOUGH-HEADTough"-head`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The ruddy duck. [ Local U.S. ]
TOUGHISHTough"ish, a.
Defn: Tough in a slight degree.
TOUGHLYTough"ly, adv.
Defn: In a tough manner.
TOUGHNESSTough"ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being tough.
TOUGH-PITCH Tough"-pitch`, n. (Metal.) (a) The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper. (b) Copper so reduced; — called also tough-cake.
TOUITETou"ite, n.
Defn: The wood warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
TOUPEE; TOUPETTou*pee", Tou*pet"(), n. Etym: [F. toupet, dim. of OF. top a tuft; ofTeutonic origin, and akin to E. top. See Top apex, and cf. Topet.]
1. A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
2. A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig. Her powdered hair is turned backward over a toupee. G. Eliot.
TOUPETTITTou"pet*tit, n. Etym: [See Topet, toupee.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The crested titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
TOURTour, n. Etym: [F. tour. See Tower.]
Defn: A tower. [Obs.] Chaucer.
TOURTour, n. Etym: [F. tour. See Turn, v. t.]
1. A going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England. The bird of Jove stooped from his airy tour. Milton.
2. A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies. [Obs.] Blackmore.
3. (Mil.)
Defn: anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty.
Syn.— Journey; excursion. See Journey.
TOURTour, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Toured; p. pr. & vb. n. Touring.]
Defn: To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country. T. Hughes.
TOURACOTou*ra"co, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Turacou.
TOURBILLIONTour*bil"lion, n. Etym: [F. torbillion a whirlwind, tourbillion, fr.L. turbo, -inis, a whirl, whirlwind.]
Defn: An ornamental firework which turns round, when in the air, so as to form a scroll of fire. G. Francis.
TOURING CARTour"ing car.
Defn: An automobile designed for touring; specif., a roomy car, not a limousine, for five or more passengers.
TOURISTTour"ist, n.
Defn: One who makes a tour, or performs a journey in a circuit.
TOURMALINETour"ma*line, n. Etym: [F. tourmaline, cf. It. turmalina, tormalina,NL. turmalina, turmalinus; all fr. tournamal, a name given to thisstone in Ceylon.] (Min.)
Defn: A mineral occurring usually in three-sided or six-sided prisms terminated by rhombohedral or scalenohedral planes. Black tourmaline (schorl) is the most common variety, but there are also other varieties, as the blue (indicolite), red (rubellite), also green, brown, and white. The red and green varieties when transparent are valued as jewels. [Written also turmaline .]
Note: Crystals of tourmaline when heated exhibit electric polarity (see Pyroelectric, n.). Tourmaline is also used in the form of a polariscope called tourmaline tongs.
TOURNTourn, n. Etym: [See Turn]
1. A spinning wheel. [Prov. Eng.]
2. (O.Eng.Law)
Defn: The sheriff's turn, or court.
TOURNAMENTTour"na*ment, n. Etym: [OE. turnement, tornement, OF. torneiement,tornoiement, F. tournoiement a turning or wheeling round. SeeTourney.]
1. A mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their address and bravery; hence, figuratively, a real battle. "In battle and in tourneyment." Chaucer. With cruel tournament the squadrons join. Milton.
Note: It different from the joust, which was a trial of skill between one man and another.
2. Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as, a chess tournament.
TOURNERYTourn"er*y, n.
Defn: Work turned on a lathe; turnery.[Obs.] See Turnery. Evelyn.
TOURNEY Tour"ney, n. Etym: [OF. tornei, tornoi, F. tournoi, fr. OF. torneier, tornoier, tournoier, to tit, to tourney, F. tournoyer to turn round and round. See Turn, v. t.]
Defn: A tournament. Bacon.At tilt or tourney or like warlike game. Spenser.We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time forhalf the work. Tennyson.
TOURNEYTour"ney, v. i. Etym: [Cf.OF. torneier. See Tourney, n. ]
Defn: To perform in tournaments; to tilt.Well could he tourney, and in lists debate. Spenser.
TOURNIQUETTour"ni*quet, n. Etym: [F., fr. tourner to turn.] (Surg.)
Defn: An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a screw or other means.
TOURNOISTour`nois", n. Etym: [F., belonging to Tours in France.]
Defn: A former French money of account worth 20 sous, or a franc. It was thus called in distinction from the Paris livre, which contained 25 sous.
TOURNURETour*nure", n. Etym: [F., fr. tourner to turn.]
1. Turn; contour; figure.
2. Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.
TOUSE; TOUZETouse, Touze, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Toused; p. pr. & vb. n.Tousing.] Etym: [OE. tosen sq. root64. See tease, and cf. Tose, Toze.]
Defn: To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry. [Prov. Eng.] Shak.As a bear, whom angry curs have touzed. Spenser.
TOUSETouse, n.
Defn: A pulling; a disturbance. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
TOUSELTous"el, v. t.
Defn: Same as Tousle. [Colloq.]
TOUSERTous"er, n.
Defn: One who touses. [Prov. Eng.]
TOUSLETou"sle, v. t. Etym: [Freq. of touse. Cf.Tossle.]
Defn: To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse. [Colloq.]
TOUS-LES-MOISTous`-les`-mois", n. Etym: [F., all the months, i.e., every month.]
Defn: A kind of starch with very large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot, and extensively used for adulterating cocoa. It is made from the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably C. edulis, the tubers of which are edible every month in the year.
TOUSYTou"sy, a. [See Touse, n. & v.]
Defn: Tousled; tangled; rough; shaggy. [Colloq.]
TOUTTout, v. t. Etym: [See 1st Toot.]
1. To act as a tout. See 2d Tout. [Cant. Eng.]
2. To ply or seek for customers. [Prov. Eng.]
TOUTTout, n.
Defn: One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting. [Cant. Eng.]
TOUTTout, v. t. Etym: [See 3d Toot. ]
Defn: To toot a horn.
TOUTTout, n
Defn: The anus. [Obs.] Chaucer.
TOUT-ENSEMBLETout`-en`sem"ble, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: All together; hence, in costume, the fine arts, etc., the general effect of a work as a whole, without regard to the execution of the separate perts.
TOUTERTout"er, n.
Defn: One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public conveyance, shops, and the like: hence, an obtrusive candidate for office. [Colloq.] The prey of ring droppers, . . . duffers, touters, or any of those bloodless sharpers who are, perhaps, better known to the police. Dickens.
TOUZETouze, v.t & i.
Defn: See Touse. [Prov. Eng.]
TOWTow, n. Etym: [OE. tow, AS. tow, akin to OD. touw, Icel. taw, v.t.]
Defn: The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.
TOW Tow, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Towed; p. pr. & vb. n. Towing.] Etym: [OE. towen, totoga to pull about, OHG. zogon, Icel. toga, AS. tohline a towline, and AS.teón to draw, p.p. getogen. See Tug]
Defn: To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.
TOW Tow, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel.taug a rope, from the same root as E.tow, v. t.]
1. A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.
2. The act of towing, or the state of being towed;-chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.
3. That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect.
TOWAGETow"age, n. Etym: [From Tow, v..cf. F. touage.]
1. The act of towing.
2. The price paid for towing.
TOWALLTow"all, n.
Defn: A towel. [Obs.] Chaucer.
TOWARD; TOWARDSTo"ward, To"wards, prep.Etym: [AS. To, and -ward, wards.]
1. In the direction of; to. He set his face toward the wilderness. Num. xxiv. 1. The waves make towards'' the pebbled shore. Shak.
2. With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning. His eye shall be evil toward his brother. Deut. xxviii. 54. Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offense toward God, and toward men. Acts xxiv. 16.
3. Tending to; in the direction of; in behalf of. This was the first alarm England received towards any trouble. Clarendom.
4. Near; about; approaching to. I am toward nine years older since I left you. Swift.
TOWARD; TOWARDSTo"ward, To"wards adv.
Defn: Near; at hand; in state of preparation.Do you hear sught, sir, of a battle toward Shak.We have a trifling foolish banquet Towards. Shak.
TOWARDTo"ward, a. Etym: [AS. Toward, prep.]
1. Approaching; coming near. "His toward peril." Spenser.
2. Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth.
3. Ready to act; forward; bold; valiant. Why, that is spoken like a toward prince. Shak.
TOWARDLINESSTo"ward*li*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being towardly; docility;tractableness.The beauty and towardliness of these children moved her brethren toenvy. Sir W. Raleigh.
TOWARDLYTo"ward*ly, a.
Defn: Same as Toward, a., 2.He's towardly and will come on apace. Dryden.
TOWARDNESSTo"ward*ness, n.
Defn: Quality or state of being toward.
TOWARDSTo"wards (, prep. & adv.
Defn: See Toward.
TOWBOATTow"boat`, n.
1. A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.
2. A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.
TOWEL Tow"el, n. Etym: [OE.towaille, towail, F. touaille, LL. toacula, of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. dwahila, swahilla, G. zwehle, fr. OHG. dwahan to wash; akin to D. dwaal a towel, AS. þweán to wash, OS. thwahan, Icel. þva, Sw. två, Dan. toe, Goth. þwahan. Cf. Doily.]
Defn: A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as the person after a bath. Towel gourd (Bot.), the fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant Luffa Ægyptiaca; also, the plant itself. The fruit is very fibrous, and, when separated from its rind and seeds, is used as a sponge or towel. Called also Egyptian bath sponge, and dishcloth.
TOWELTow"el, v. t.
Defn: To beat with a stick. [Prov. Eng.]
TOWELINGTow"el*ing, n.
Defn: Cloth for towels, especially such as is woven in long pieces to be cut at will, as distinguished from that woven in towel lengths with borders, etc. [Written also towelling.]
TOWERTow"er, n. Etym: [OE. tour,tor,tur, F. tour, L. turris; akin to Gr.twr a tower, Ir. tor a castle, Gael. torr a tower, castle. Cf. Tor,Turret.]
1. (Arch.) (a) A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion. (b) A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher. (c) A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower.
2. A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense. Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. Ps. lxi. 3.
3. A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress. Lay trains of amorous intrigues In towers, and curls, and periwigs. Hudibras.
4. High flight; elevation. [Obs.] Johnson. Gay Lussac's tower (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used in the sulphuric acid process, to absorb (by means of concentrated acid) the spent nitrous fumes that they may be returned to the Glover's tower to be reemployed. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric, and Glover's tower, below. — Glover's tower (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used in the manufacture of sulphuric acid, to condense the crude acid and to deliver concentrated acid charged with nitrous fumes. These fumes, as a catalytic, effect the conversion of sulphurous to sulphuric acid. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric, and Gay Lussac's tower, above. — Round tower. See under Round, a. — Shot tower. See under Shot. — Tower bastion (Fort.), a bastion of masonry, often with chambers beneath, built at an angle of the interior polygon of some works. — Tower mustard (Bot.), the cruciferous plant Arabis perfoliata. — Tower of London, a collection of buildings in the eastern part of London, formerly containing a state prison, and now used as an arsenal and repository of various objects of public interest.
TOWERTow"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. towered; p. pr. & vb. n. towering.]
Defn: To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high;hence, to soar.On the other side an high rock towered still. Spenser.My lord protector's hawks do tower so well. Shak.
TOWERTow"er, v. t.
Defn: To soar into. [Obs.] Milton.
TOWEREDTow"ered, a.
Defn: Adorned or defended by towers.Towered cities please us then. Milton.
TOWERINGTow"er*ing, a.
1. Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height. Pope.
2. Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing. A man agitated by a towering passion. Sir W. Scott.
TOWERYTow"er*y, a.
Defn: Having towers; adorned or defended by towers. [R.] "Towery cities." Pope.
TOW-HEADTow"-head`, n.
1. An urchin who has soft, whitish hair. [Colloq.]
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The hooded merganser. [ Local, U.S. ]
TOWHEETo*whee", n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The chewink.
TOWILLYTo*wil"ly, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The sanderling; — so called from its cry. [Prov. Eng.]
TOWLINETow"line`, n. Etym: [AS. tohline. See Tow, v. t., and Line. ] (Naut.)
Defn: A line used to tow vessels; a towrope.
TOWNTown, n. Etym: [OE. toun, tun, AS. tun inclosure, fence, village,town; akin to D. tuin a garden, G. zaun a hadge, fence, OHG. zun,Icel. tun an inclosure, homestead, house, Ir. & Gael. dun a fortress,W. din. Cf. Down, adv. & prep., Dune, tine to inclose.]
1. Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls. [Obs.] Palsgrave.
2. Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop. [Eng.] Johnson.
3. Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities. God made the country, and man made the town. Cowper.
4. The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
5. A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country. [U.S.]
6. The court end of London;-commonly with the.
7. The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country. Always hankering after the diversions of the town. Addison. Stunned with his giddy larum half the town. Pope.
Note: The same form of expressions is used in regard to other populous towns.
8. A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard. [Prov. Eng.& Scot.]
Note: Town is often used adjectively or in combination with other words; as, town clerk, or town-clerk; town-crier, or town crier; townhall, town-hall, or town hall; townhouse, town house, or town- house.
Syn. — Village; hamlet. See Village. Town clerk, an office who keeps the records of a town, and enters its official proceedings. See Clerk. — Town cress (Bot.), the garden cress, or peppergrass. Dr. Prior. — Town house. (a) A house in town, in distinction from a house in the country. (b) See Townhouse. — Town meeting, a legal meeting of the inhabitants of a town entitled to vote, for the transaction of public bisiness. [U.S.] — Town talk, the common talk of a place; the subject or topic of common conversation.
TOWN-CRIERTown"-cri`er, n.
Defn: A town officer who makes proclamations to the people; the public crier of a town.
TOWNEDTowned, a.
Defn: Having towns; containing many towns. [Obs.] Hakluyt.
TOWNHALLTown"hall`, n.
Defn: A public hall or building, belonging to a town, where the public offices are established, the town council meets, the people assemble in town meeting, etc.
TOWNHOUSETown"house`, n.
Defn: A building devoted to the public used of a town; a townhall.
TOWNISHTown"ish, a
Defn: Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a town; like the town.[R.] Turbervile.
TOWNLESSTown"less, a.
Defn: Having no town. Howell.
TOWNLETTown"let, n.
Defn: A small town. North Brit. Rev.
TOWNSFOLKTowns"folk`, n.
Defn: The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city, in distinction from country people; townspeople.
TOWNSHIPTown"ship, n.
1. The district or territory of a town.
Note: In the United States, many of the States are divided into townships of five, six, seven, or perhaps ten miles square, and the inhabitants of such townships are invested with certain powers for regulating their own affairs, such as repairing roads and providing for the poor. The township is subordinate to the county.
2. In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections.
3. In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.
TOWNSMANTowns"man, n.; pl. Townsmen (-men).
1. An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another. Pope.
2. A selectman, in New England. See Selectman.
TOWNSPEOPLETowns"peo`ple, n.
Defn: The inhabitants of a town or city, especially in distinction from country people; townsfolk.
TOWNWARD; TOWNWARDSTown"ward, Town"wards,, adv.
Defn: Toward a town. Longfellow.
TOWPATHTow"path`, n.
Defn: A path traveled by men or animals in towing boats; — called also towing path.
TOWROPETow"rope`, n.
Defn: A rope used in towing vessels.
TOWSERTow"ser, n. Etym: [See Touse to pull about. ]
Defn: A familiar name for a dog. [ Written also Towzer. ]
TOWYTow"y, a.
Defn: Composed of, or like, tow.
TOXAEMIA; TOXEMIATox*ae"mi*a or Tox*e"mi*a, a. Etym: [NL.,fr.Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Blood poisoning. See under Blood.
TOXALBUMINTox`al*bu"min, n. [See Toxic; Albumin.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: Any of a class of toxic substances of protein nature; a toxin.
TOXIC; TOXICAL Tox"ic, Tox"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. toxicum poison, originally, a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr. Intoxicate.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to poison; poisonous; as, toxic medicines.
TOXICANTTox"i*cant, n.
Defn: A poisonous agent or drug, as opium; an intoxicant.
TOXICATION Tox`i*ca"tion, n. [L. toxicum a poison: cf. toxicatus smeared with poison.]
Defn: Poisoning.
TOXICITYTox*ic"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being toxic or poisonous; poisonousness.
TOXICOGENICTox`i*co*gen"ic, a. [See Toxic, and -genic.] (Physiol. & Med.)
Defn: Producing toxic products; as, toxicogenic germs or bacteria.
TOXICOLOGICALTox`i*co*log"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf.F. toxicologique. ]
Defn: Of or pertaining to toxicology.— Tox`i*co*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
TOXICOLOGISTTox`i*col"o*gist, n.
Defn: One versed in toxicology; the writer of a treatise on poisons.
TOXICOLOGYTox`i*col"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr.toxicologie. See Toxic. ]
Defn: The science which treats of poisons, their effects, antidotes, and recignition; also, a discourse or treatise on the science.
TOXICOMANIATox`i*co*ma"ni*a, n. Etym: [See. Toxic, and Mania.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: Toxiphobia. A. S. Taylor.
2. (Med.)
Defn: An insane desire for intoxicating or poisonous drugs, as alcohol or opium. B. W. Richardson.
TOXIFERATox*if"e*ra, n.pl. Etym: [NL.,fr.Gr.ferre to bear.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Toxoglossa.
TOXIN; TOXINETox"in, Tox"ine, n. Etym: [Gr.Toxic. ]
Defn: A poisonous product formed by pathogenic bacteria, as a toxic proteid or poisonous ptomaine.
TOXIPHOBIATox`i*pho"bi*a, n. Etym: [NL.,fr.Gr. (Med.)
Defn: An insane or greatly exaggerated dread of poisons.
TOXODONTox"o*don, n. Etym: [Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: A gigantic extinct herbivorous mammal from South America, having teeth bent like a bow. It is the type of the order Toxodonta.
TOXODONTATox`o*don"ta, n.pl. Etym: [NL.] (Paleon.)
Defn: An extinct order of Mammalia found in the South American Tertiary formation. The incisor teeth were long and curved and provided with a persistent pulp. They are supposed to be related both to the rodents and ungulates. Called also Toxodontia.
TOXOGLOSSATox`o*glos"sa, n.pl. Etym: [NL.,fr.Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula areconverted into poison fangs. The cone shells (Conus), Pleurotoma, andTerebra, are examples. See Illust. of Cone, n., 4, Pleurotoma, andTerebra.
TOXOIDTox"oid, n. [Toxin + -oid.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: An altered form of a toxin, possessing little or no toxic power.
TOXOPHILITETox*oph"i*lite, n. Etym: [Gr. to`xon a bow + filei^n to love.]
Defn: A lover of archery; one devoted to archery.
TOXOTESTox"o*tes, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of fishes comprising the archer fishes. See Archer fish.
TOY Toy, n. Etym: [D. tuid tools, implements, stuff, trash, speeltuig playthings, toys; akin to G. zeug stuff, materials, MNG. zuic, Icel. tygi gear; all ultimately from the root of E. tug, v.t.; cf.G. zeugen to beget, MHG.ziugen to beget, make ready, procure. See Tug, v. t.]
1. A plaything for children; a bawble. Cowper.
2. A thing for amusement, but of no real value; an article of trade of little value; a trifle. They exchange for knives, glasses, and such toys, great abundance of gold and pearl. Abr. Abbot.
3. A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling opinion.To fly about playing their wanton toys. Spenser.What if a toy take'em in the heels now, and they all run away. Beau.&Fl.Nor light and idle toys my lines may vainly swell. Drayton.
4. Amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime. Milton. To dally thus with death is no fit toy. Spenser.
5. An old story; a silly tale. Shak.
6. Etym: [Probably the same word.]
Defn: A headdress of linen or woolen, that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes; — called also toy mutch. [Scot.] "Having, moreover, put on her clean toy, rokelay, and scarlet plaid." Sir W. Scott.
TOYToy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. toyed; p. pr. & vb. n. toying.]
Defn: To dally amorously; to trifle; to play.To toy, to wanton, dally, smile and jest. Shak.
TOYToy, v. t.
Defn: To treat foolishly. [Obs.] E. Dering (1576).
TOYEARTo*year, adv. Etym: [To, prep. + year. ]
Defn: This year. [Obs.] Chaucer.
TOYERToy"er, n.
Defn: One who toys; one who is full of trifling tricks; a trifler.
TOYFULToy"ful, a.
Defn: Full of trifling play. [Obs.] Donne.
TOYHOUSEToy"house`, n.
Defn: A house for children to play in or to play with; a playhouse.
TOYINGLYToy"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a toying manner.
TOYISHToy"ish, a
1. Sportive; trifling; wanton.
2. Resembling a toy. —Toy"ish*ly, dv.-Toy"ish*ness, n.
TOYMANToy"man, n.
Defn: One who deals toys.
TOYSHOPToy"shop`, n.
Defn: A shop where toys are sold.
TOYSOMEToy"some, a.
Defn: Disposed to toy; trifling; wanton. [R.] Ford.
TOZEToze, v. t.
Defn: To pull violently; to touse. [Obs.]
TOZYTo"zy, a. Etym: [See Toze ]
Defn: Soft, like wool that has been teased.— To"zi*ness, n.
TRABEATra"be*a, n.; pl. Trabeæ. Etym: [L.] (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: A toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes.— worn by kings, consuls, and augurs. Dr. W. Smith.
TRABEATEDTra"be*a`ted, a. (Arch.)
Defn: Furnished with an entablature.
TRABEATIONTra`be*a"tion, n. Etym: [L.trabs, trabis, a beam, a timber.] (Arch.)
Defn: Same as Entablature.
TRABECULATra*bec"u*la, n.; pl. Trabeculæ (-le). Etym: [L., a little beam.](Anat.)
Defn: A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in the framework of an organ part.
TRABECULARTra*bec"u*lar, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a trabecula or trabeculæ; composed of trabeculæ.
TRABECULATETra*bec"u*late, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Crossbarred, as the ducts in a banana stem.
TRABUTra"bu, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Trubu.
TRACETrace, n. Etym: [F.trais. pl. of trait. See Trait.]
Defn: One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
TRACETrace, n. Etym: [F. trace. See Trace, v. t. ]
1. A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace. Milton.
2. (Chem.&Min.)
Defn: A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis;-hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr.
3. A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige. The shady empire shall retain no trace Of war or blood, but in the sylvan chase. Pope.
4. (Descriptive Geom.&Persp.)
Defn: The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
5. (Fort.)
Defn: The ground plan of a work or works. Syn.-Vestige; mark; token.See Vestige.
TRACETrace, v. t. [imp. & p. p. traced; p. pr. & vb. n. tracing.] Etym:[OF. tracier, F. tracer, from (assumed) LL. tractiare, fr.L. tractus,p. p. of trahere to draw. Cf. Abstract, Attract, Contract, Portratt,Tract, Trail, Train, Treat. ]
1. To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing. Some faintly traced features or outline of the mother and the child, slowly lading into the twilight of the woods. Hawthorne.
2. To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens. Cowper. You may trace the deluge quite round the globe. T. Burnet. I feel thy power . . . to trace the ways Of highest agents. Milton.
3. Hence, to follow the trace or track of. How all the way the prince on footpace traced. Spenser.
4. To copy; to imitate. That servile path thou nobly dost decline, Of tracing word, and line by line. Denham.
5. To walk over; to pass through; to traverse. We do tracethis alley up and down. Shak.
TRACETrace, v. i.
Defn: To walk; to go; to travel. [Obs.]Not wont on foot with heavy arms to trace. Spenser.
TRACEABLETrace"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being traced.— Trace"a*ble*ness, n.— Trace"a/bly, adv.
TRACERTra"cer, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, traces.
TRACERYTra"cery, n.; pl. Traceries ( (Arch.)
Defn: Ornamental work with rambled lines. Especially: — (a) The decorative head of a Gothic window.
Note: Window tracery is of two sorts, plate tracery and bar tracery. Plate tracery, common in Italy, consists of a series of ornamental patterns cut through a flat plate of stone. Bar tracery is a decorative pattern formed by the curves and intersections of the molded bars of the mullions. Window tracery is imitated in many decorative objects, as panels of wood or metal either pierced or in relief. See also Stump tracery under Stump, and Fan tracery under Fan. (b) A similar decoration in some styles of vaulting, the ribs of the vault giving off the minor bars of which the tracery is composed.
TRACHEA Tra"che*a, n.; pl. Tracheæ. Etym: [NL.,from L. trachia, Gr. trachei^a (sc. trachée.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: The windpipe. See Illust. of Lung.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the respiratory tubes of insects and arachnids.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: One of the large cells in woody tissue which have spiral, annular, or other markings, and are connected longitudinally so as to form continuous ducts.
TRACHEALTra"che*al, a. Etym: [Cf.F.tracheal.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the trachea; like a trachea.
TRACHEARIATra`che*a"ri*a, n.pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of Arachnida including those that breathe only by means of tracheæ. It includes the mites, ticks, false scorpions, and harvestmen.
TRACHEARYTra"che*a*ry, a.
Defn: Tracheal; breathing by means of tracheæ.— n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Trachearia.
TRACHEATATra`che*a"ta, n.pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An extensive division of arthropods comprising all those which breathe by tracheæ, as distinguished from Crustacea, which breathe by means of branchiæ.
TRACHEATETra"che*ate, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Breathing by means of tracheæ; of or pertaining to theTracheata.
TRACHEATETra"che*ate, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any arthropod having tracheæ; one of the Tracheata.
TRACHEIDTra"che*id, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A wood cell with spiral or other markings and closed throughout, as in pine wood.
TRACHEITISTra`che*i"tis, n. Etym: [NL. See Trachea, and -itis.] (Med.)
Defn: Inflammation of the trachea, or windpipe.
TRACHELIDANTra*chel"i*dan, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of a tribe of beetles (Trachelides) which have the head supported on a pedicel. The oil beetles and the Cantharides are examples.
TRACHELIPODTra*chel"i*pod, n. Etym: [Gr.-pod:cf.F. trachelipode.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Trachelipoda.
TRACHELIPODATra`che*lip"o*da, n.pl. Etym: [NL. See Trachelipod.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An extensive artificial group of gastropods comprising all those which have a spiral shell and the foot attached to the base of the neck.
TRACHELIPODOUSTra`che*lip"o*dous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the foot united with the neck; of or pertainingto theTrachelipoda.
TRACHELOBRANCHIATETra`che*lo*bran"chi*ate, a. Etym: [Gr.tranchiate.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the gills situated upon the neck; — said of certain mollusks.
TRACHELORRHAPHYTra`che*lor"rha*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: The operation of sewing up a laceration of the neck of the uterus.
TRACHENCHYMATra*chen"chy*ma, n. Etym: [NL.,fr. trachea + -enchyma as inE.parenchyma.] (Bot.)
Defn: A vegetable tissue consisting of tracheæ.
TRACHEOBRANCHIATra`che*o*bran"chi*a, n.; pl. Tracheobranchlae. Etym: [NL. SeeTrachea, and Branchia.] (Zoöl.)