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Thrust

THRUST, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive thrust [Latin trudo, trusum, trusito.]

1. To push or drive with force; as, to thrust any thing with the hand or foot, or with an instrument.

Neither shall one thrust another. Joel 2:8. John 20:25.

2. To drive; to force; to impel.

To thrust away or from, to push away; to reject. Acts 7:27.

To thrust in, to push or drive in.

THRUST in thy sickle and reap. Revelation 14:15.

To thrust on, to impel; to urge.

To thrust off, to push away.

To thrust through, to pierce; to stab. Numbers 25:8. 2 Samuel 18:14.

To thrust out, to drive out or away; to expel. Exodus 12:39.

To thrust one's self, to obtrude; to intrude; to enter where one is not invited or not welcome.

To thrust together, to compress.

THRUST, verb intransitive To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.

1. To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.

And thrust between my father and the god.

2. To intrude.

3. To push forward; to come with force; to press on.

Young, old, thrust there

In mighty concourse.

THRUST, noun A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a word much used in fencing.

Polites Pyrrhus with his lance pursues,

And often reaches, and his thrusts renews.

1. Attack; assault.

There is one thrust at your pure, pretended mechanism.

[Note. Push and shove do not exactly express the sense of thrust The two former imply the application of force by one body already in contact with the body to be impelled. thrust on the contrary, often implies the impulse or application of force by a moving body, a body in motion before it reaches the body to be impelled. This distinction does not extend to every case.]

Thruster

THRUST'ER, noun One who thrusts or stabs.

Thrusting

THRUST'ING, participle present tense Pushing with force; driving; impelling; pressing.

THRUST'ING, noun The act of pushing with force.

1. In dairies, the act of squeezing curd with the hand, to expel the whey. [Local.]

Thrusting-Screw

THRUST'ING-SCREW, noun A screw for pressing curd in cheese-making. [Local.]

Thrustings

THRUST'INGS, noun In cheese-making, the white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made.

[The application of this word to cheese-making, is, I believe, entirely unknown in New England.]

Thrustle

THRUS'TLE, noun The thrust. [See Throstle.]

Thry-Fallow

THRY-FAL'LOW, verb transitive [thrice and fallow.] To give the third plowing in summer.

Thulite

THU'LITE, noun A rare mineral of a peach blossom color, found in Norway.

Thum

THUM, noun The short thick finger of the human hand, or the corresponding member of other animals. [The common orthography is corrupt. The real word is thum ]

THUMB

THUM, , verb transitive To handle awkwardly; to play with the fingers; as, to thum over a tune.

1. To soil with the fingers.

THUMB

THUM, verb intransitive To play on with the fingers.

THUMB'-BAND

THUM'-BAND , noun [thum and band.] A twist of any thing as thick as the thum

Thumb

THUMB

THUMB'ED

THUM'MERSTONE, noun A mineral so called from Thus, in Saxony, where it was found. It is called also axinite, from the resemblance of its flat sharp edges to that of an ax. It is either massive or crystallized; its crystals are in the form of a compressed oblique rhomboidal prism. It is of the silicious kind, and of a brown gray or violet color.

Thummed

THUM'MED, adjective Having thumbs.

Thummim

THUM'MIM, noun plural A Hebrew word denoting perfections. The Urim and thummim were worn in the breastplate of the high priest, but what they were, has never been satisfactorily ascertained.

Thump

THUMP, noun A heavy blow given with any thing that is thick, as with a club or the fist, or with a heavy hammer, or with the britch of a gun.

The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock.

THUMP, verb transitive To strike or beat with something thick or heavy.

THUMP, verb intransitive To strike or fall on with a heavy blow.

A watchman at night thumps with his pole.

Thumper

THUMP'ER, noun The person or thing that thumps.

Thumping

THUMP'ING, participle present tense Striking or beating with something thick or blunt.

1. adjective Heavy.

2. Vulgarly, stout; fat; large.

THUM'-RING, noun A ring worn on the thum.

THUM'-STALL, noun [thum and stall.] A kind of thimble or ferule of iron, horn or leather, with the edges turned up to receive the thread in making sails. It is worn on the thum to tighten the stitches.

Thunder

THUN'DER, noun [Latin tonitru, from tono, to sound.]

1. The sound which follows an explosion of electricity or lightning; the report of a discharge of electrical fluid, that is, of its passage from one cloud to another, or from a cloud to the earth, or from the earth to a cloud. When this explosion is near to a person, the thunder is a rattling or clattering sound, and when distant, the sound is heavy and rumbling. The fact is in some degree the same with the report of a cannon. This sharpness or acuteness of the sound when near, and the rumbling murmur when distant, are the principal distinctions in thunder [Thunder is not lightning, but the effect of it. See Johnson's Dictionary, under thunder ]

There were thunders and lightnings. Exodus 19:16.

2. thunder is used for lightning, or for a thunderbolt, either originally through ignorance, or by way of metaphor, or because the lightning and thunder are closely united.

The revenging gods

'Gainst parricides all the thunder bend.

3. Any loud noise; as the thunder of cannon.

Sons of thunder Mark 3:17.

4. Denunciation published; as the thunders of the Vatican.

THUN'DER, verb intransitive To sound, rattle or roar, as an explosion of electricity.

Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? Job 40:9.

1. To make a loud noise, particularly a heavy sound of some continuance.

His dreadful voice no more

Would thunder in my ears.

2. To rattle, or give a heavy rattling sound.

And roll the thund'ring chariot o'er the ground.

THUN'DER, verb transitive To emit with noise and terror.

Oracles severe

Were daily thunder'd in our gen'ral's ear.

1. To publish any denunciation or threat.

An archdeacon, as being a prelate, may thunder out an ecclesiastical censure.

Thunder-Clap

THUN'DER-CLAP, noun [thunder and clap.] A burst of thunder; sudden report of an explosion of electricity.

When suddenly the thunder-clap was heard.

Thunder-Cloud

THUN'DER-CLOUD, noun [thunder and cloud.] A cloud that produces lightning and thunder.

Thunder-Horse

THUN'DER-HORSE, noun An instrument for illustrating the manner in which buildings receive damage by lightning.

Thunder-Shower

THUN'DER-SHOWER, noun [thunder and shower.] A shower accompanied with thunder.

Thunder-Stone

THUN'DER-STONE, noun A stone, otherwise called brontia.

Thunder-Storm

THUN'DER-STORM, noun [thunder and storm.] A storm accompanied with lightning and thunder. Thunder clouds are often driven by violent winds. In America, the violence of the wind at the commencement, is sometimes equal to that of a hurricane, and at this time the explosions of electricity are the most terrible. This violence of the wind seldom continues longer than a few minutes, and after this subsides, the rain continues, but the peals of thunder are less frequent. These violent showers sometimes continue for hours; more generally, they are of shorter duration.

THUN'DER-STORM, verb transitive [thunder and strike.]

1. To strike, blast or injure by lightning. [Little used in its literal sense.]

2. To astonish or strike dumb, as with something terrible. [Little used except in the participle.]

Thunder-Struck

THUN'DER-STRUCK, participle passive or adjective Astonished; amazed; struck dumb by something surprising or terrible suddenly presented to the mind or view. [This is a word in common use.]

Thunderbolt

THUN'DERBOLT, noun [thunder and bolt.]

1. A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of the electrical fluid, passing from one part of the heavens to another, and particularly from the clouds to the earth. Psalms 78:48.

2. Figuratively, a daring or irresistible hero; as the Scipios, those thunderbolts of war.

3. Fulmination; ecclesiastical denunciation.

He severely threatens such with the thunderbolt of excommunication.

4. In mineralogy, thunder-stone.

Thunderer

THUN'DERER, noun He that thunders.

Thundering

THUN'DERING, participle present tense Making the noise of an electrical explosion; uttering a loud sound; fulminating denunciations.

THUN'DERING, noun The report of an electrical explosion; thunder.

Entreat the Lord that there by no more mighty thunderings and hail. Exodus 9:28.

Thundrous

THUN'DROUS, adjective Producing thunder.

How he before the thunderous throne doth lie. [Little used.]

Thurible

THU'RIBLE, noun [Latin thuribulum, from thus, thuris, frankincense.]

A censer; a pan for incense. [Not in use.]

Thuriferous

THURIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin thurifer; thus and fero, to bear.]

Producing or bearing frankincense.

Thurification

THURIFICA'TION, noun [Latin thus, thuris, and facio, to make.]

The act of fuming with incense; or the act of burning incense.

Thursday

THURSDAY, noun [The god of thunder, answering to the Jove of the Greeks and Romans, Latin dies Jovis.]

The fifth day of the week.

Thus

THUS, adverb In this or that manner; on this wise; as, thus saith the Lord; the Pharisee prayed thus

THUS did Noah, according to all that God commanded him. Genesis 6:22.

1. To this degree or extent; as thus wise; thus peaceable.

THUS far extend, thus far thy bounds--

2. In the phrase, thus much, it seems to be an adjective, equivalent to this much.

Thwack

THWACK, verb transitive To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang; to beat or thrash.

THWACK, noun A heavy blow with something flat or heavy.

Thwacking

THWACK'ING, participle present tense Striking with a heavy blow.

Thwaite

THWAITE, noun A fish, a variety of the shad.

1. A plain parcel of ground, cleared of wood and stumps, inclosed and converted to tillage. [Local.

Thwart

THWART, adjective thwort. [Latin verto, versus.] Transverse; being across something else.

Mov'd contrary with thwart obliquities.

THWART, verb transitive thwort. To cross; to be, lie or come across the direction of something.

Swift as a shooting star

In autumn thwarts the night.

1. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat. We say, to thwart a purpose, design or inclination; or to thwart a person.

If crooked fortune had not thwarted me.

The proposals of the one never thwarted the inclinations of the other.

THWART, verb intransitive To be in opposition.

--A proposition that shall thwart at all with these internal oracles. [Unusual and improper.]

THWART, noun The seat or bench of a boat on which the rowers sit.

Thwarted

THWART'ED, participle passive Crossed; opposed; frustrated.

Thwarter

THWART'ER, noun A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling or convulsive motions.

Thwarting

THWART'ING, participle present tense Crossing; contravening; defeating.

THWART'ING, noun The act of crossing or frustrating.

Thwartingly

THWART'INGLY, adverb In a cross direction; in opposition.

Thwartness

THWART'NESS, noun Untowardness; perverseness.

Thwartships

THWART'SHIPS, adverb Across the ship.

Thwite

THWITE, verb transitive To cut or clip with a knife. [Local.]

Thwittle

THWIT'TLE, verb transitive To whittle. [See Whittle.]

Thy

THY, adjective [contracted from thine, or from some other derivative of thou. It is probable that the pronoun was originally thig, thug or thuk, and the adjective thigen. See Thou.]

THY is the adjective of thou, or a pronominal adjective, signifying of thee, or belonging to thee, like tuus in Latin. It is used in the solemn and grave style.

These are thy works, parent of good.

THYine wood, a precious wood, mentioned Revelation 18:10.

Thyite

THY'ITE, noun The name of a species of indurated clay, of the morochthus kind, of a smooth regular texture, very heavy, of a shining surface, and of a pale green color.

Thyme

THYME, noun usually pronounced improperly time. [Latin thymus.]

A plant of the genus Thymus. The garden thyme is a warm pungent aromatic, much used to give a relish to seasonings and soups.

Thymus. [Gr.] In anatomy, a glandular body, divided into lobes, situated behind the sternum in the duplicature of the mediastinum. It is largest in the fetus, diminishes after birth, and in adults often entirely disappears. It has no excretory duct, and its use is unknown. In calves it is called sweetbread.

Thymy

THY'MY, adjective Abounding with thyme; fragrant.

Thyroid

THY'ROID, adjective [Gr. a shield, and form.] Resembling a shield; applied to one of the cartilages of the larynx, so called from its figure, to a gland situated near that cartilage, and to the arteries and veins of the gland.

The thyroid cartilage constitutes the anterior, superior, and largest part of the larynx.

The thyroid gland is situated on the sides and front of the lower part of the larynx, and the upper part of the trachea. It is copiously supplied with blood, but is not known to furnish any secretion. It is the seat of the bronchocele or goiter.

Thyrse

THYRSE, noun [Latin thyrsus.] In botany, a species of inflorescence; a panicle contracted into an ovate form, or a dense or close panicle, more or less of an ovate figure, as in the lilac.

Thyself

THYSELF', pronoun [thy and self.] A pronoun used after thou, to express distinction with emphasis. 'Thou thyself shalt go; ' that is, thou shalt go and no other. It is sometimes used without thou, and in the nominative as well as objective case.

These goods thyself can on thyself bestow.

Tiar

TI'AR

TIA'RA, noun [Latin tiara.]

1. An ornament or article of dress with which the ancient Persians covered their heads; a kind of turban. As different authors describe it, it must have been of different forms. The kings of Persia alone had a right to wear it straight or erect; the lords and priests wore it depressed, or turned down on the fore side. Xenophon says the tiara was encompassed with the diadem, at least in ceremonials.

2. An ornament worn by the Jewish high priest. Exodus 28:1.

3. The pope's triple crown. The tiara and keys are the badges of the papal dignity; the tiara of his civil rank, and the keys of his jurisdiction. It was formerly a round high cap. It was afterward encompassed with a crown, then with a second and a third.

Tiara

TIA'RA, n. [L. tiara.] 1. An ornament or article of dress with which the ancient Persians covered their heads; a kind of turban. As different authors describe it, it must have been of different forms. The kings of Persia alone had a right to wear it straight or erect; the lords and priests wore it depressed, or turned down on the fore side. Xenophon says the tiara was encompassed with the diadem, at least in ceremonials.2. An ornament worn by the Jewish high priest. Ex. 28.3. The pope's triple crown. The tiara and keys are the badges of the papal dignity; the tiara of his civil rank, and the keys of his jurisdiction. It was formerly a round high cap. It was afterward encompassed with a crown, then with a second and a third.

Tibial

TIB'IAL, adjective [Latin tibia, a flute, and the large bone of the leg.]

1. Pertaining to the large bone of the leg; as the tibial artery; tibial nerve.

2. Pertaining to a pipe or flute.

Tiburo

TIB'URO, noun A fish of the shark kind.

Tical

OP'TIC, 'TICAL, adjective [Gr. from to see, the eye.]

1. Relating or pertaining to vision or sight.

2. Relating to the science of optics.

Optic angle, is that which the optic axes of the eyes make with one another, as they tend to meet at some distance before the eyes.

Optic axis, is the axis of the eye, or a line going through the middle of the pupil and the center of the eye.

OP'TIC, noun An organ of sight.

Tice

TICE, for entice. [Not in use.]

Tick

TICK, noun Credit; trust; as, to buy upon tick

TICK, noun A little animal of a livid color and globose-ovate form, that infests sheep, dogs, goats, cows, etc., a species of Acarus.

TICK, noun [Latin tego; Eng. to deck.] The cover or case of a bed, which contains the feathers, wool or other material.

TICK, verb intransitive [from tick credit.] To run upon score.

1. To trust.

TICK, verb intransitive [Latin tango, tago.] To beat; to pat; or to make a small noise by beating or otherwise; as a watch.

Tick-Seed

TICK-SEED, noun A plant of the genus Coreopsis, and another of the genus Corispernum.

Tickbean

TICK'BEAN, noun A small bean employed in feeding horses and other animals.

Ticken

TICK'EN, noun Cloth for bed-ticks or cases for beds.

Ticket

TICK'ET, noun

1. A piece of paper or a card, which gives the holder a right of admission to some place; as a ticket for the play-house or for other exhibition.

2. A piece of paper or writing, acknowledging some debt, or a certificate that something is due to the holder.

3. A piece of paper bearing some number in a lottery, which entitles the owner to receive such prize as may be drawn against that number. When it draws no prize, it is said to draw a blank, and the holder has nothing to receive.

TICK'ET, verb transitive To distinguish by a ticket

Tickle

TICK'LE, verb transitive [Latin titillo, corrupted.]

1. To touch lightly and cause a peculiar thrilling sensation, which cannot be described. A slight sensation of this kind may give pleasure, but when violent it is insufferable.

2. To please by slight gratification. A glass of wine may tickle the palate.

Such a nature

Tickled with good success.

TICK'LE, verb intransitive To feel titillation.

He with secret joy therefore

Did tickle inwardly in every vein.

TICK'LE, adjective Tottering; wavering, or liable to waver and fall at the slightest touch; unstable; easily overthrown.

Thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders, that a milkmaid, if in love, may sign it off.

The state of Normandy

Stands on a tickle point.

[This word is wholly obsolete, at least in noun England. Ticklish is the word used.]

Tickleness

TICK'LENESS, noun Unsteadiness. [Not in use.]

Tickler

TICK'LER, noun One that tickles or pleases.

Tickling

TICK'LING, participle present tense Affecting with titillation.

TICK'LING, noun The act of affecting with titillation.

Ticklish

TICK'LISH, adjective Sensible to slight touches, easily tickled. The bottom of the foot is very ticklish as are the sides. The palm of the hand, hardened by use, it not ticklish

1. Tottering; standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily moved or affected.

Ireland was a ticklish and unsettled state.

2. Difficult; nice; critical; as, these are ticklish times.

Ticklishness

TICK'LISHNESS, noun The state or quality of being ticklish or very sensible.

1. The state of being tottering or liable to fall.

2. Criticalness of condition or state.

Ticktack

TICK'TACK, noun A game at tables.

Tid

TID, adjective Tender; soft; nice.

Tidbit

TID'BIT, noun [tid and bit.] A delicate or tender piece.

Tidder

TID'DER, verb transitive To use with tenderness; to fondle.

Tiddle

TID'DLE

TIDE, noun

1. Time; season.

Which, at the appointed tide,

Each one did make his bride.

[This sense is obsolete.]

2. The flow of the water in the ocean and seas, twice in a little more than twenty four hours; the flux and reflux, or ebb and flow. We commonly distinguish the flow or rising of the water by the name of flood-tide, and the reflux by that of ebb-tide. There is much less tide or rise of water in the main ocean, at a distance from land, than there is at the shore, and in sounds and bays.

3. Stream; course; current; as the tide of the times.

Time's ungentle tide.

4. Favorable course.

There is a tide in the affairs of men,

Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.

5. Violent confluence. [Not in use.]

6. Among miners, the period of twelve hours.

7. Current; flow of blood.

And life's red tide runs ebbing from the wound.

TIDE, verb transitive To drive with the stream.

TIDE, verb intransitive To work in or out of a river or harbor by favor of the tide, and anchor when it becomes adverse.

Tide

TIDE, n. 1. Time; season. Which, at the appointed tide, Each one did make his bride.[This sense is obsolete.]2. The flow of the water in the ocean and seas, twice in a little more than twenty four hours; the flux and reflux, or ebb and flow. We commonly distinguish the flow or rising of the water by the name of flood-tide, and the reflux by that of ebb-tide. There is much less tide or rise of water in the main ocean, at a distance from land, than there is at the shore, and in sounds and bays.3. Stream; course; current; as the tide of the times. Time's ungentle tide.4. Favorable course. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.5. Violent confluence. [Not in use.]6. Among miners, the period of twelve hours.7. Current; flow of blood. And life's red tide runs ebbing from the wound. TIDE, v.t. To drive with the stream.

TIDE, v.i. To work in or out of a river or harbor by favor of the tide, and anchor when it becomes adverse.

Tide-Gate

TI'DE-GATE, noun A gate through which water passes into a basin when the tide flows, and which is shut to retain the water from flowing back at the ebb.

1. Among seamen, a place where the tide runs with great velocity.

Tide-Mill

TI'DE-MILL, noun [tide and mill.] A mill that is moved by tide water; also, a mill for clearing lands from tide water.

Tide-Waiter

TI'DE-WAITER, noun [tide and waiter.] An officer who watches the landing of goods, to secure the payment of duties.

Tide-Way

TI'DE-WAY, noun [tide and way.] The channel in which the tide sets.

Tides-Man

TI'DES-MAN, noun An officer who remains on board of a merchant's ship till the goods are landed, to prevent the evasion of the duties.

Tidily

TI'DILY, adverb [from tidy.] Neatly; with neat simplicity; as a female tidily dressed.

Tidiness

TI'DINESS, noun Neatness without richness or elegance; neat simplicity; as the tidiness of dress.

1. Neatness; as the tidiness of rooms.

Tidings

TI'DINGS, noun plural News; advice; information; intelligence; account of what has taken place, and was not before known.

I shall make my master glad with these tidings

Behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:10.

Tidy

TI'DY, adjective [from tide, time, season.]

1. In its primary sense, seasonable; favorable; being in proper time; as weather fair and tidy

2. Neat; dressed with neat simplicity; as a tidy lass; the children are tidy; their dress is tidy; that is primarily, proper for the time or occasion.

3. Neat; being in good order. The apartments are well furnished and tidy

Tie

TIE

TIED

TIER, noun A row; a rank; particularly when two or more rows are placed one above another; as a tier of seats in a church or theater. Thus in ships of war, the range of guns on one deck and one side of a ship, is called a tier. Those on the lower deck are called the lower tier, and those above, the middle or upper tiers. Ships with three tiers of guns are three deckers.

The tiers of a cable are the ranges of fakes or windings of a cable, laid one within another when coiled.

TIEr, in organs, is a rank or range of pipes in the front of the instrument, or in the interior, when the compound stops have several ranks of pipes.

Tied

TIED

Tier

TIER, n. A row; a rank; particularly when two or more rows are placed one above another; as a tier of seats in a church or theater. Thus in ships of war, the range of guns on one deck and one side of a ship, is called a tier. Those on the lower deck are called the lower tier, and those above, the middle or upper tiers. Ships with three tiers of guns are three deckers.

The tiers of a cable are the ranges of fakes or windings of a cable, laid one within another when coiled.

Tier, in organs, is a rank or range of pipes in the front of the instrument, or in the interior, when the compound stops have several ranks of pipes.

Tierce

TIERCE, noun ters. A cask whose content is one third of a pipe, that is, forty gallons; or it may be the measure.

1. In Ireland, a weight by which provisions are sold. The tierce of beef for the navy, is 304 lb. and for India, 336 lb.

2. In music, a third.

3. In gaming, a sequence of three cards of the same color.

4. A thrust in fencing.

Tiercel

TIERCEL

TIERCELET, noun In falconry, a name given to the male hawk, as being a third part less than the female.

Tiercet

TIERCET, noun ter'cet. [from tierce.] In poetry, a triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming.

Tiff

TIFF, noun Liquor; or rather a small draught of liquor. [Vulgar.]

1. A pet or fit of peevishness.

[I know not where this word is used in the latter sense.]

TIFF, verb intransitive To be in a pet. [Low.]

TIFF, verb transitive To dress. [Not in use.]

Tiffany

TIF'FANY, noun [According to the Italian and Spanish Dictionaries, this word is to be referred to taffeta.]

A species of gauze or very thin silk.

Tiffe-de-mer, a species of sea plant, so called by Count Marsigli, from its resemblance to the heads of the Typha palustris, or cat's tail. It has a smooth surface and a velvety look. It grows to two feet in highth, and is elegantly branched. It grows on rocks and stones, and when first taken out of the sea, is full of a yellow viscous water, but when this is pressed out and the substance is dried, it becomes of a dusky brown color.

Tifore

TIFO'RE, preposition or adverb Before; formerly.

Tig

TIG, noun A play. [See Tag.]

Tige

TIGE, noun The shaft of a column from the astragal to the capital.

Tiger

TI'GER, noun [Latin tigris.] A fierce and rapacious animal of the genus Felis, one of the largest and most terrible of the genus, inhabiting Africa and Asia. The American tiger is the Felis onca. There is also the tiger cat or Felis capensis.

Tiger-Footed

TI'GER-FOOTED, adjective Hastening to devour; furious.

Tiger-Shell

TI'GER-SHELL, noun [tiger and shell.] A name given to the red voluta, with large white spots. In the Linnean system, the tiger-shell is a species of Cypraea.

Tigerish

TI'GERISH, adjective Like a tiger.

Tigers-Foot

TI'GER'S-FOOT, noun A plant of the genus Ipomoea.

Tigh

TIGH, noun In Kent, a close or inclosure.

Tight

TIGHT, adjective [Latin taceo; that is, close, closely compressed.]

1. Close; compact; not loose or open; having the joints so close that no fluid can enter or escape; not leaky; as a tight ship, or a tight cask.

2. Close; not admitting much air; as a tight room.

3. Sitting close to the body; as a tight coat or other garment.

4. Close; not having holes or crevices; not loose; applied to many vessels, etc.

5. Close; hard; as a tight bargain. [In common use in America.]

6. Close; parsimonious; saving; as a man tight in his dealings. [In common use in America.]

7. Closely dressed; not ragged.

I'll spin and card, and keep our children tight

8. Hardy; adroit.

[Note. This is the taugt or taught of seamen, applied to a rope stretched. The primary sense is strained.]

Tighten

TIGHTEN, verb transitive ti'tn. To draw tighter; to straiten; to make close in any manner.

Tighter

TIGHTER, noun A ribin or string used to draw clothes closer. [Not used.]

1. More tight.

Tightly

TIGHTLY, adverb Closely; compactly.

1. Neatly; adroitly.

Tightness

TIGHTNESS, noun Closeness of joints; compactness; straitness.

1. Neatness, as in dress.

2. Parsimoniousness; closeness in dealing.

Tigress

TI'GRESS, noun [from tiger.] The female of the tiger.

Tike

TIKE, noun A tick. [See Tick.]

TIKE, noun

1. A countryman or clown.

2. A dog.

Tile

TILE, noun [Latin tegula; tego, to cover; Eng. to deck.]

1. A plate or piece of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings.

The pins for fastening tiles are made of oak or fir.

2. In metallurgy, a small flat piece of dried earth, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.

3. A piece of baked clay used in drains.

TILE, verb transitive To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.

1. To cover, as tiles.

The muscle, sinew and vein.

Which tile this house, will come again.

Tile-Earth

TILE-EARTH, noun A species of strong clayey earth; stiff and stubborn land. [Local.]

Tile-Ore

TILE-ORE, noun A subspecies of octahedral red copper ore.

Tiled

TI'LED, participle passive Covered with tiles.

Tiler

TI'LER, noun A man whose occupation is to cover buildings with tiles.

Tiling

TI'LING, participle present tense Covering with tiles.

TI'LING, noun A roof covered with tiles. Luke 5:19.

1. Tiles in general.

Till

TILL, noun A vetch; a tare. [Local.]

TILL

Tillable

TILL'ABLE, adjective Capable of being tilled; arable; fit for the plow.

Tillage

TILL'AGE, noun The operation, practice or art of preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground free from weeds which might impede the growth of crops. tillage includes manuring, plowing, harrowing and rolling land, or whatever is done to bring it to a proper state to receive the seed, and the operations of plowing, harrowing and hoeing the ground, to destroy weeds and loosen the soil after it is planted; culture; a principal branch of agriculture. tillage of the earth is the principal as it was the first occupation of man, and no employment is more honorable.

Tilled

TILL'ED, participle passive Cultivated; prepared for seed and kept clean.

TILL'ER, noun One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.

1. The bar or lever employed to turn the rudder of a ship.

2. A small drawer; a till.

3. Among farmers, the shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; also, the sprout or young tree that springs from the root or stump.

4. A young timber tree. [Local.]

TILL'ER, verb intransitive To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as we say, wheat or rye tillers; it spreads by tillering. The common orthography is tiller. Sir Joseph Banks writes it tillow.

Tiller

TILL'ER, noun A money box in a shop; a drawer.

TILL, prep or adverb

1. To the time or time of. I did not see the man till the last time he came; I waited for him till four o'clock; I will wait till next week.

Till now, to the present time. I never heard of the fact ill now.

Till then, to that time. I never heard of the fact till then.

2. It is used before verbs and sentences in a like sense, denoting to the time specified in the sentence or clause following. I will wait till you arrive.

He said to them, occupy till I come. Luke 19:1.

Certain Jews--bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. Acts 23:1.

Mediate so long till you make some act of prayer to God.

[Note.--In this use, till is not a conjunction; it does not connect sentences like and, or like or. It neither denotes union nor separation, nor an alternative. It has always the same office, except that is precedes a single word or a single sentence; the time to which it refers being in one case expressed by a single word, as now, or the, or time, with this, or that, etc., and in the other by a verb with its adjuncts; as, occupy till I come. In the latter use, till is a preposition preceding a sentence, like against, in the phrase, against I come.]

TILL, verb transitive

1. To labor; to cultivate; to plow and prepare for seed, and to dress crops. This word includes not only plowing but harrowing, and whatever is done to prepare ground for a crop, and to keep it free from weeds.

The Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden to till the ground from whence he was taken. Genesis 3:1.

2. In the most general sense, to till may include every species of husbandry, and this may be its sense in Scripture.

Tiller-Rope

TILL'ER-ROPE, noun The rope which forms a communication between the fore end of the tiller and the wheel.

Tillering

TILL'ERING, participle present tense Sending out new shoots round the bottom of the original stem.

TILLERING, noun The act of sending forth young shoots from the root or around the bottom of the original stalk.

Tilling

TILL'ING, participle present tense Cultivating.

TILL'ING, noun The operation of cultivating land; culture.

Tillman

TILL'MAN, noun A man who tills the earth; a husbandman.

Tilly-Fally

TILL'Y-FALLY

TILL'Y-VALLY, adverb or adjective A word formerly used when any thing said was rejected as trifling or impertinent.

Tilly-Vally

TILL'Y-VALLY, adv. or a. A word formerly used when any thing said was rejected as trifling or impertinent.

Tilt

TILT, noun

1. A tent; a covering over head.

2. The cloth covering of a cart or wagon.

3. The cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning of canvas or other cloth, extended over the stern sheets of a boat.

TILT, verb transitive To cover with a cloth or awning.

TILT, noun [See the verb.] A thrust; as a tilt with a lance.

1. Formerly, a military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; as tilts and tournaments.

2. A large hammer; a tilt-hammer; used in iron manufactures.

3. Inclination forward; as the tilt of a cask; or a cask is a-tilt.

TILT, verb transitive [Latin tollo.]

1. To incline; to raise one end, as a cask, for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.

2. To point or thrust, as a lance.

Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance.

3. To hammer or forge with a tilt-hammer or tilt; as, to tilt steel to render it more ductile.

4. To cover with a tilt

TILT, verb intransitive To run or ride and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting at each other on horseback.

1. To fight with rapiers.

Swords out and tilting one at other's breast.

2. To rush, as in combat.

3. To play unsteadily; to ride, float and toss.

The fleet swift tilting o'er the surges flew.

4. To lean; to fall, as on one side.

The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back.

TILT'-BOAT, noun A boat covered with canvas or other cloth.

Tilt-Hammer

TILT'-HAMMER, noun [tilt and hammer.] A heavy hammer used in iron works, which is lifted by a wheel.

Tilted

TILT'ED, participle passive Inclined; made to stoop; covered with cloth or awning.

1. Hammered; prepared by beating; as steel.

Tilter

TILT'ER, noun One who tilts; one who uses the exercise of pushing a lance on horseback; one who fights.

Let me alone to match your tilter

1. One who hammers with a tilt.

Tilth

TILTH, noun That which is tilled; tillage ground. [Not in use.]

1. The state of being tilled or prepared for a crop. We say, land is in good tilth when it is manured, plowed, broken and mellowed for receiving the seed. We say also, ground is in bad tilth When we say, land is in tilth we mean in good condition for the seed; not in tilth in a bad condition.

Tilting

TILT'ING, participle present tense Inclining; causing to stoop or lean; using the game of thrusting with the lance on horseback; also, hammering with a tilt-hammer.

Timbal

TIM'BAL, noun A kettle drum.

Timber

TIM'BER, noun [Latin domus, a house; Gr. the body.]

1. That sort of wood which is proper for building or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships and the like. We apply the word to standing trees which are suitable for the uses above mentioned, as a forest contains excellent timber; or to the beams, rafters, scantling, boards, planks, etc. hewed or sawed from such trees. Of all the species of trees useful as timber in our climate, the white oak and the white pine hold the first place in importance.

2. The body or stem of a tree.

3. The materials; in irony.

Such dispositions--are the fittest timber to make politics of.

4. A single piece or squared stick of wood for building, or already framed.

Many of the timbers were decayed.

5. In ships, a timber is a rib or curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united in one frame.

TIM'BER, verb transitive To furnish with timber [See Timbered.]

TIM'BER, verb intransitive To light on a tree. [Not in use.]

1. In falconry, to make a nest.

Timber or timmer of furs, as of martens, ermines, sables and the like, denotes forty skins; of other skins, one hundred and twenty.

Timber of ermine, in heraldry, denote the ranks or rows of ermine in noblemen's coats.

Timber-Head

TIM'BER-HEAD, noun [timber and head.] In ships, the top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.; otherwise called kevelhead.

Timber-Sow

TIM'BER-SOW, noun A worm in wood.

Timber-Tree

TIM'BER-TREE, noun [timber and tree.] A tree suitable for timber.

Timber-Work

TIM'BER-WORK, noun [timber and work.] Work formed of wood.

Timber-Yard

TIM'BER-Y'ARD, noun [timber and yard.] A yard or place where timber is deposited.

Timbered

TIM'BERED, participle passive or adjective Furnished with timber; as a well timbered house. In the United States, we say, land is well timbered when it is covered with good timber trees.

1. Built; formed; contrived. [Little used.]

Timbering

TIM'BERING, participle present tense Furnishing with timber.

Timbre

TIM'BRE, noun A crest on a coat of arms. It ought to be written timber.

Timbrel

TIM'BREL, noun [Latin tympanum.] An instrument of music; a kind of drum, tabor or tabret, which has been in use from the highest antiquity.

And Miriam took a timbrel in her hand--and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. Exodus 15:20.

Timbreled

TIM'BRELED, adjective Sung to the sound of the timbrel.

Time

TIME, noun [Latin tempus; tempora, the falls of the head, also tempest, etc. See Tempest. time is primarily equivalent to season; to the Gr.wpa in its original sense, opportunity, occasion, a fall, an event, that which comes.]

1. A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future. The time was; the time has been; the time is; the time will be.

Lost time is never found again.

God, who at sundry times, and in divers manners, spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets. Hebrews 1:1.

2. A proper time; a season.

There is a time to every purpose. Ecclesiastes 3:1.

The time of figs was not yet. Mark 11:13.

3. Duration.

The equal and uniform flux of time does not affect our senses.

TIME is absolute or relative; absolute time is considered without any relation to bodies or their motions. Relative time is the sensible measure of any portion of duration, by means of motion. Thus the diurnal revolution of the sun measures a space of time or duration. Hence,

4. A space or measured portion of duration.

We were in Paris two months, and all that time enjoyed good health.

5. Life or duration, in reference to occupation. One man spends his time in idleness; another devotes all his time to useful purposes.

Believe me, your time is not your own; it belongs to God, to religion, to mankind.

6. Age; a part of duration distinct from other parts; as ancient times; modern times. The Spanish armada was defeated in the time of Queen Elizabeth.

7. Hour of travail.

She was within one month of her time

8. Repetition; repeated performance, or mention with reference to repetition. The physician visits his patient three times in a day.

9. Repetition; doubling; addition of a number to itself; as, to double cloth four times; four times four amount to sixteen.

10. Measure of sounds in music; as common time and treble time In concerts, it is all important, that the performers keep time or exact time

11. The state of things at a particular period; as when we say, good times, or bad times, hard times, dull times for trade, etc. In this sense, the plural is generally used.

12. In grammar, tense.

In time in good season; sufficiently early.

He arrived in time to see the exhibition.

1. A considerable space of duration; process or continuation of duration. You must wait patiently; you will in time recover your health and strength.

At times, at distinct intervals of duration. At times he reads; at other times, he rides.

The spirit began to move him at times. Judges 13:23.

TIME enough, in season; early enough.

Stanley at Bosworth-field, came time enough to save his life.

To lose time to delay.

1. To go too slow; as, a watch or clock loses time

Apparent time in astronomy, true solar time regulated by the apparent motions of the sun.

Mean time equated time a mean or average of apparent time

Siderial time is that which is shown by the diurnal revolutions of the stars.

TIME, verb transitive To adapt to the time or occasion; to bring, begin or perform at the proper season or time; as, the measure is well timed, or ill timed. No small part of political wisdom consists in knowing how to time propositions and measures.

Mercy is good, but kings mistake its timing.

1. To regulate as to time; as, he timed the stroke.

2. To measure; as in music or harmony.

Time-Keeper

TI'ME-KEEPER, noun [time and keeper.] A clock, watch or other chronometer.

Time-Piece

TI'ME-PIECE, noun [time and piece.] A clock, watch or other instrument to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer.

Time-Pleaser

TI'ME-PLEASER, noun s as z. [time and please.] One who complies with the prevailing opinions, whatever they may be.

Time-Server

TI'ME-SERVER, noun [time and serve.] One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously complies with the ruling power.