Tutor – Tyrant

Tutor

TU'TOR, noun [Latin from tuero, to defend.]

1. In the civil law, a guardian; one who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate.

2. One who has the care of instructing another in various branches or in any branch of human learning. Some gentlemen employ a tutor to teach in their families, others to attend a son in his travels.

3. In universities and colleges, an officer or member of some hall, who has the charge of instructing the students in the sciences and other branches of learning.

In the American colleges, tutors are graduates selected by the governors or trustees, for the instruction of undergraduates of the three first years. They are usually officers of the institution, who have a share, with the president and professors, in the government of the students.

TU'TOR, verb transitive To teach; to instruct.

1. To treat with authority or severity.

2. To correct.

Tutorage

TU'TORAGE, noun In the civil law, guardianship; the charge of a pupil and his estate. In France, tutorage does not expire till the pupil is twenty five years of age.

1. The authority or solemnity of a tutor. [Little used.]

Tutored

TU'TORED, participle passive Instructed; corrected; disciplined.

Tutoress

TU'TORESS, noun A female tutor; an instructress; a governess.

Tutoring

TU'TORING, participle present tense Teaching; directing; correcting.

TU'TORING, noun The act of instructing; education.

Tutrix

TU'TRIX, noun A female guardian.

Tutsan

TUT'SAN, noun A plant, park-leaves, of the genus Hypericum.

Tutti

TUT'TI, noun [Latin toti.] In Italian music, a direction for all to play in full concert.

Tutty

TUT'TY, noun [Low Latin tutia.] An argillaceous ore of zink, found in Persia, formed on cylindric molds into tubular pieces, like the bark of a tree. It is said to be made of a glutinous, argillaceous earth, like clay, which is put into pots, moistened and baked.

Tuz

TUZ, noun A lock or tuft of hair. [Not in use.]

Twain

TWAIN, adjective or noun Two.

When old winter splits the rocks in twain

[Nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque.]

Twait

TWAIT, noun A fish.

1. In old writers, wood grubbed up and converted into arable land. [Local.]

Twang

TWANG, verb intransitive To sound with a quick sharp noise; to make the sound of a string which is stretched and suddenly pulled; as the twanging bows.

TWANG, verb transitive To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly.

Sound the tough horn, and twang the quivering string.

TWANG, noun A sharp quick sound; as the twang of a bowstring; a twang of the nose.

1. An affected modulation of the voice; a kind of nasal sound.

He has a twang in his discourse.

Twanging

TWANG'ING, participle present tense Making a sharp sound.

1. adjective Contemptibly noisy.

Twangle

TWAN'GLE, verb intransitive To twang.

Twank

TWANK, a corruption of twang.

Twas

'TWAS, a contraction of it was.

Twattle

TWAT'TLE, verb intransitive To prate; to talk much and idly; to gabble; to chatter; as a twattling gossip.

TWAT'TLE, verb transitive To pet; to make much of. [Local.]

Twattling

TWAT'TLING, participle present tense or adjective Prating; gabbling; chattering.

TWAT'TLING, noun The act of prating; idle talk.

Tway

TWAY, for twain, two. [Not in use.]

Tway-Blade

TWA'Y-BLADE

TWEAG

TWEAK, verb transitive It is radically the same word as twitch, and of the same signification.] To twitch; to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk; as, to tweag or tweak the nose.

TWEAG, noun Distress; a pinching condition. [Not in use.]

Tweag

TWEAG

Tweak

TWEAK, v.t. It is radically the same word as twitch, and of the same signification.] To twitch; to pinch and pull with a sudden jerk; as, to tweag or tweak the nose.

Tweedle

TWEE'DLE, verb transitive To handle lightly; used of awkward fiddling.

Tweel

TWEEL, verb transitive To weave with multiplied leases in the harness, by increasing the number of threads in each split of the reed, and the number of treddles, etc.

Tweezer-Case

TWEE'ZER-CASE, noun A case for carrying tweezers.

Tweezers

TWEE'ZERS, noun [This seems to be formed on the root of vise, an instrument for pinching.] Nippers; small pinchers used to pluck out hairs.

Twelfth

TWELFTH, adjective The second after the tenth; the ordinal of twelve.

Twelfth-Tide

TWELFTH-TIDE, noun [twelfth and tide.] The twelfth day after christmas.

Twelve

TWELVE, adjective twelv. The sum of two and ten; twice six; a dozen. twelve men compose a petty jury.

Twelvemonth

TWELVEMONTH, noun twelv'month. [twelve and month.] A year, which consists of twelve calendar months.

I shall laugh at this a twelvemonth hence.

Twelvepence

TWELVEPENCE, noun twelv'pence. [twelve and pence.] A shilling.

Twelvepenny

TWELVEPENNY, adjective twelv'penny. Sold for a shilling; worth a shilling; as a twelve-penny gallery.

Twelvescore

TWELVESCORE, adjective twelv'score. [twelve and score.] Twelve times twenty; two hundred and forty.

Twentieth

TWEN'TIETH, adjective The ordinal of twenty; as the twentieth year.

Twenty

TWEN'TY, adjective [Latin decem.]

1. Twice ten; as twenty men; twenty years.

2. Proverbially, an indefinite number.

Maximilian, upon twenty respects, could not have been the man.

Twibil

TWI'BIL, noun [two and bil.] A kind of mattock, and a halbert.

Twice

TWICE, adverb [from two.] Two times.

He twice essay'd to cast his son in gold.

1. Doubly; as twice the sum. He is twice as fortunate as his neighbor.

2. twice is used in composition; as in twice-told, twice-born, twice-planted, twice-conquered.

Twidle

TWIDLE, for tweedle. [See Tweedle.]

Twifallow

TWI'FALLOW, verb transitive [twi, two, and fallow.] To plow a second time land that is fallowed.

Twifallowed

TWI'FALLOWED, participle passive Plowed twice, as summer fallow.

Twifallowing

TWI'FALLOWING, participle present tense Plowing a second time.

TWI'FALLOWING, noun The operation of plowing a second time, as fallow land, in preparing it for seed.

Twifold

TWI'FOLD, adjective Twofold.

Twig

TWIG, noun [Latin vigeo, with a prefix.] A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size.

The Britons had boats made of willow twigs, covered on the outside with hides.

Twiggen

TWIG'GEN, adjective Made of twigs; wicker.

Twiggy

TWIG'GY, adjective Full of twigs; abounding with shoots.

Twilight

TWI'LIGHT, noun

1. The faint light which is reflected upon the earth after sunset and before sunrise; crepuscular light. In latitudes remote from the equator, the twilight is of much longer duration than at and near the equator.

2. Dubious or uncertain view; as the twilight or probability.

TWI'LIGHT, adjective Obscure; imperfectly illuminated; shaded.

O'er the twilight groves and dusky caves.

1. Seen or done by twilight

Twill

TWILL, verb transitive To weave in ribs or ridges; to quill. [See Quill.]

Twilt

TWILT, noun A quilt. [Local.]

Twin

TWIN, noun

1. One of two young produced at a birth by an animal that ordinarily brings but one; used mostly in the plural, twins; applied to the young of beasts, as well as to human beings.

2. A sign of the zodiac; Gemini.

3. One very much resembling another.

TWIN, adjective Noting one of two born at a birth; as a twin brother or sister.

1. Very much resembling.

2. In botany, swelling out into two protuberances, as an anther or germ.

TWIN, verb intransitive To be born at the same birth.

1. To bring two at once.

2. To be paired; to be suited. [This verb is little used.]

TWIN, verb transitive To separate into two parts.

TWIN'-BORN, adjective [twin and born.] Born at the same birth.

Twine

TWINE, verb transitive

1. To twist; to wind, as one thread or cord around another, or as any flexible substance around another, or as any flexible substance around another body; as fine twined linen. Exodus 39:2.

2. To unite closely; to cling to; to embrace.

3. To gird; to wrap closely about.

Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine

TWINE, verb intransitive To unite closely, or by interposition of parts.

Friends now fast sworn, who twine in love--

1. To wind; to bend; to make turns.

As rivers, though they bend and twine--

2. To turn round; as, her spindles twine

TWINE, noun A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together; used for binding small parcels, and for sewing sails to their bolt-ropes, etc. twine of a stronger kind is used for nets.

1. A twist; a convolution; as Typhon's snaky twine

2. Embrace; act of winding round.

Twined

TWI'NED, participle passive Twisted; wound round.

Twinge

TWINGE, verb transitive twinj.

1. To affect with a sharp sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.

The gnat twinged the lion till he made him tear himself, and so he mastered him.

2. To pinch; to tweak; to pull with a jerk; as, to twinge one by the ears and nose.

TWINGE, verb transitive twinj. to have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen spasmodic or shooting pain; as, the side twinges. [This is the sense in which this word is generally used within the limits of my acquaintance.

TWINGE, noun twinj. A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as a twinge in the arm or side.

1. A sharp rebuke of conscience.

2. A pinch; a tweak; as a twinge of the ear.

Twinging

TWING'ING, participle present tense Suffering a sharp local pain of short continuance; pinching with a sudden pull.

TWING'ING, noun The act of pinching with a sudden twitch; a sudden, sharp, local pain.

Twining

TWI'NING, participle present tense Twisting; winding round; uniting closely to; embracing.

1. In botany, ascending spirally around a branch, stem or prop.

Twink

TWINK. [See Twinkle.]

Twinkle

TWIN'KLE, verb intransitive

1. To sparkle; to flash at intervals; to shine with a tremulous intermitted light, or with a broken quivering light. The fixed stars twinkle; the planets do not.

These stars do not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures.

2. To open and shut the eye by turns; as the twinkling owl.

3. To play irregularly; as, her eyes will twinkle

TWIN'KLE

Twinkling

TWIN'KLING, noun A sparkling; a shining with intermitted light; as the twinkling of the stars.

1. A motion of the eye.

2. A moment; an instant; the time of a wink.

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump--the dead shall be raised incorruptible. 1 Corinthians 15:52.

TWIN'KLING, participle present tense Sparkling.

Twinling

TWIN'LING, noun [from twin.] A twin lamb.

Twinned

TWIN'NED, adjective [from twin.] Produced at one birth, like twins; united.

Twinner

TWIN'NER, noun [from twin.] A breeder of twins.

Twinter

TWIN'TER, noun [two and winter.] A beast two winters old. [Local.]

Twire

TWIRE, verb intransitive To take short flights; to flutter; to quiver; to twitter. [Not in use.]

Twirl

TWIRL, verb transitive twurl. To move or turn round with rapidity; to whirl round.

See ruddy maids,

Some taught with dextrous hand to twirl the wheel--

TWIRL, verb intransitive To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round.

TWIRL, noun A rapid circular motion; quick rotation.

1. Twist; convolution.

Twirled

TWIRL'ED, participle passive Whirled round.

Twirling

TWIRL'ING, participle present tense Turning with velocity; whirling.

Twist

TWIST, verb transitive

1. To unite by winding one thread, strand or other flexible substance round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as to twist yarn or thread. So we say, to double and twist

2. To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.

3. To contort; to writhe; as, to twist a thing into a serpentine form.

4. To wreathe; to wind; to encircle.

--Pillars of smoke twisted about with wreaths of flame.

5. To form; to weave; as, to twist a story.

6. To unite by intertexture of parts; as, to twist bays with ivy.

7. To unite; to enter by winding; to insinuate; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.

8. To pervert; as, to twist a passage in an author.

9. To turn from a straight line.

TWIST, verb intransitive To be contorted or united by winding round each other. Some strands will twist more easily than others.

TWIST, noun A cord, thread or any thing flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other.

1. A cord; a string; a single cord.

2. A contortion; a writhe.

3. A little roll of tobacco.

4. Manner of twisting.

5. A twig. [Not in use.]

Twisted

TWIST'ED, participle passive Formed by winding threads or strands round each other.

Twister

TWIST'ER, noun One that twists.

1. The instrument of twisting.

Twisting

TWIST'ING, participle present tense Winding different strands or threads round each other; forming into a thread by twisting

Twit

TWIT, verb transitive [Latin ad, to.] To reproach; to upbraid; as for some previous act. He twitted his friend of falsehood.

With this these scoffers twitted the christians.

Aesop minds men of their errors, without twitting them for what is amiss.

Twitch

TWITCH, verb transitive To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes.

TWITCH, noun A pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as a twitch by the sleeve.

1. A short spasmodic contraction of the fibers or muscles; as a twitch in the side; convulsive twitches.

Twitched

TWITCH'ED, participle passive Pulled with a jerk.

Twitcher

TWITCH'ER, noun One that twitches.

TWITCH'-GRASS, noun Couch grass; a species of grass which it is difficult to exterminate. But qu. is not this word a corruption of quitch-grass, or quick-grass?

Twitching

TWITCH'ING, participle present tense Pulling with a jerk; suffering short spasmodic contractions.

Twitted

TWIT'TED, participle passive Upbraided.

Twitter

TWIT'TER, verb transitive

1. To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises; as, the swallow twitters.

2. To make the sound of a half suppressed laugh.

TWIT'TER, noun [from twit.] One who twits or reproaches.

TWIT'TER, noun A small intermitted noise, as in half suppressed laughter; or the sound of a swallow.

Twittering

TWIT'TERING, participle present tense Uttering a succession of small interrupted sounds, as in a half suppressed laugh, or as a swallow.

Twitting

TWIT'TING, participle present tense Upbraiding; reproaching.

Twittingly

TWIT'TINGLY, adverb With upbraiding.

Twittle-Twattle

TWIT'TLE-TWATTLE, noun Tattle; gabble. [Vulgar.]

Twixt

'TWIXT, a contraction of betwixt, used in poetry.

Two

TWO, adjective [Latin duo.]

1. One and one. two similar horses used together, are called a span, or a pair.

2. two is used in composition; as in two-legged. Man is a two-legged animal.

Two-Capsuled

TWO-CAP'SULED, adjective Bicapsular.

Two-Celled

TWO-CEL'LED, adjective Bilocular.

Two-Cleft

TWO-CLEFT, adjective Bifid.

Two-Flowered

TWO-FLOWERED, adjective Bearing two flowers at the end, as a peduncle.

Two-Forked

TWO-FORKED, adjective Dichotomous.

Two-Handed

TWO-HANDED, adjective Having two hands; an epithet used as equivalent to large, stout and strong.

Two-Leaved

TWO-LEAVED, adjective Diphyllous.

Two-Lobed

TWO-LOBED, adjective Bilobate.

Two-Parted

TWO-P'ARTED, adjective Bipartite.

Two-Pence

TWO-PENCE, noun A small coin.

Two-Petaled

TWO-PETALED, adjective Dipetalous.

Two-Seeded

TWO-SEEDED, adjective In botany, dispermous; containing two seeds, as a fruit; having two seeds to a flower, as a plant.

Two-Tipped

TWO-TIPPED, adjective Bilabiate.

Two-Tongued

TWO-TONGUED, adjective Double-tongued; deceitful.

Two-Valved

TWO-VALVED, adjective Bivalvular, as a shell, pod, or glume.

TYE, verb transitive [See Tie, the more usual orthography, and Tying.]

To bind or fasten.

TYE, noun A knot. [See Tie.]

1. A bond; an obligation.

By the soft tye and sacred name of friend.

2. In ships, a runner or short thick rope.

Twoedged

TWOEDGED, adjective Having two edges, or edges on both sides; as a two-edged sword.

Twofold

TWOFOLD, adjective [two and fold.] Two of the same kind, or two different things existing together; as twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument.

1. Double; as twofold strength or desire.

2. In botany, two and two together, growing form the same place; as twofold leaves.

TWOFOLD, adverb Doubly; in a double degree. Matthew 23:15.

Twy-Blade

TWY-BLADE, noun [tway and blade.] A plant of the genus Ophris; a polypetalous flower, consisting of six dissimilar leaves, of which the five upper ones are so disposed as to represent, in some measure, a helmet, the under one being headed and shaped like a man.

Tye

TYE, verb transitive [Latin taceo, to be silent.]

1. To bind; to fasten with a band or cord and knot.

My son, keep thy father's commandments-- bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. Proverbs 6:1.

2. To fold and make fast; as, to tie a knot.

3. To knit; to complicate.

We do not tie this knot with an intention to puzzle the argument.

4. To fasten; to hold; to unite so as not to be easily parted.

In bond of virtuous love together tied.

5. To oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine. People in their jealousy, may tie the hands of their ministers and public agents, so as to prevent them from doing good.

Not tied to rules of policy, you find

Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind.

6. In music, to unite notes by a cross line, or by a curve line drawn over them.

To tie up, to confine; to restrain; to hinder from motion or action; as, to tie up the tongue; to tie up the hands.

To tie down, to fasten so as to prevent from rising.

1. To restrain; to confine; to hinder from action.

TIE, noun A knot; fastening.

1. Bond; obligation, moral or legal; as the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance.

2. A knot of hair.

Tyed

TYED, participle passive Bound; fastened with a knot; confined; restrained; united, as notes.

Tyer

TY'ER, noun One who ties or unites.

Tyger

TYGER. [See Tiger.]

Tying

TY'ING, participle present tense [See Tie and Tye.] Binding; fastening. [As this participle must be written with y, it might be well to write the verb tye.]

Tyke

TYKE, noun A dog; or one as contemptible as a dog.

Tymbal

TYM'BAL, noun A kind of kettle drum.

A tymbal's sound were better than my voice.

Tympan

TYM'PAN, noun [Latin tympanum. See Tymbal.]

1. A drum; hence, the barrel or hollow part of the ear behind the membrane of the tympanum.

2. The area of a pediment; also, the part of a pedestal called the trunk or dye.

3. The pannel of a door.

4. A triangular space or table in the corners or sides of an arch, usually enriched with figures.

5. Among printers, a frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which the blank sheets are put in order to be laid on the form to be impressed.

Tympanites

TYM'PANITES, noun In medicine, a flatulent distention of the belly; wind dropsy; tympany.

Tympanize

TYM'PANIZE, verb intransitive To act the part of a drummer.

TYM'PANIZE, verb transitive To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum.

Tympanum

TYM'PANUM, noun The drum of the ear. [See Tympan.]

1. In mechanics, a wheel placed round an axis.

Tympany

TYM'PANY, noun A flatulent distention of the belly. [See Tympanites.]

Tyny

TYN'Y, adjective Small. [See Tiny.]

Type

TYPE, noun [Latin typus; Gr. from the root of tap; to beat, strike, impress.]

1. The mark of something; an emblem; that which represents something else.

Thy emblem, gracious queen, the British rose,

TYPE of sweet rule and gentle majesty.

2. A sign; a symbol; a figure of something to come; as, Abraham's sacrifice and the paschal lamb, were types of Christ. To this word is opposed antitype. Christ, in this case, is the antitype.

3. A model or form of a letter in metal or other hard material; used in printing.

4. In medicine, the form or character of a disease, in regard to the intension and remission of fevers, pulses, etc.; the regular progress of a fever.

5. In natural history, a general form, such as is common to the species of a genus, or the individuals of a species.

6. A stamp or mark.

TYPE, verb transitive To prefigure; to represent by a model or symbol beforehand. [Little used.]

Type-Metal

TY'PE-METAL, noun A compound of lead and antimony, with a small quantity of copper or brass.

Typhoid

TY'PHOID, adjective [typhus and Gr. form.] Resembling typhus; weak; low.

Typhus

TY'PHUS, adjective [from Gr. to inflame or heat. Hippocrates gave this name to a fever which produced great heat in the eyes.] A typhus disease or fever is accompanied with great debility. The word is sometimes used as a noun.

Typic

TYP'IC

TYP'ICAL, adjective Emblematic; figurative; representing something future by a form, model or resemblance. Abraham's offering of his only son Isaac, was typical of the sacrifice of Christ. The brazen serpent was typical of the cross.

Typic fever, is one that is regular in its attacks; opposed to erratic fever.

Typical

TYP'ICAL, a. Emblematic; figurative; representing something future by a form, model or resemblance. Abraham's offering of his only son Isaac, was typical of the sacrifice of Christ. The brazen serpent was typical of the cross.

Typic fever, is one that is regular in its attacks; opposed to erratic fever.

Typically

TYP'ICALLY, adverb In a typical manner; by way of image, symbol or resemblance.

Typicalness

TYP'ICALNESS, noun The state of being typical.

Typified

TYP'IFIED, participle passive Represented by symbol or emblem.

Typify

TYP'IFY, verb transitive To represent by an image, form, model or resemblance. The washing of baptism typifies the cleansing of the soul from sin by the blood of Christ. Our Savior was typified by the goat that was slain.

Typifying

TYP'IFYING, participle present tense Representing by model or emblem.

Typocosmy

TYP'OCOSMY, noun A representation of the world. [Not much used.]

Typographer

TYPOG'RAPHER, noun [See Typography.] A printer.

Typographic

TYPOGRAPH'IC

TYPOGRAPH'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to printing; as the typographic art.

1. Emblematic.

Typographical

TYPOGRAPH'ICAL, a. Pertaining to printing; as the typographic art. 1. Emblematic.

Typographically

TYPOGRAPH'ICALLY, adverb By means of types; after the manner of printers.

1. Emblematically; figuratively.

Typography

TYPOG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. type, and to write.]

1. The art of printing, or the operation of impressing letters and words on forms of types.

2. Emblematical or hieroglyphic representation.

Typolite

TYP'OLITE, noun [Gr. form, and stone.] In natural history, a stone or fossil which has on it impressions or figures of plants and animals.

Tyran

TY'RAN, noun A tyrant. [Not in use.]

Tyranness

TYR'ANNESS, noun [from tyrant.] A female tyrant.

Tyrannic

TYRAN'NIC

TYRAN'NICAL, adjective Pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; arbitrary; unjustly severe in government; imperious; despotic; cruel; as a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master; tyrannical government or power.

Our sects a more tyrannic power assume.

Th' oppressor rul'd tyrannic where he durst.

Tyrannical

TYRAN'NICAL, a. Pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; arbitrary; unjustly severe in government; imperious; despotic; cruel; as a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master; tyrannical government or power. Our sects a more tyrannic power assume. Th' oppressor rul'd tyrannic where he durst.

Tyrannically

TYRAN'NICALLY, adverb With unjust exercise of power; arbitrarily; oppressively.

Tyrannicalness

TYRAN'NICALNESS, noun Tyrannical disposition or practice.

Tyrannicide

TYRAN'NICIDE, noun [Latin tyrannus, tyrant, and coedo, to fill.]

1. The act of killing a tyrant.

2. One who kills a tyrant.

Tyranning

TYR'ANNING, participle present tense or adjective Acting as a tyrant. [Not used.]

Tyrannize

TYR'ANNIZE, verb intransitive To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power over others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not necessary to the ends of justice and government. A prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; republican legislatures sometimes tyrannize over their fellow citizens, masters sometimes tyrannize over their servants or apprentices. A husband may not tyrannize over his wife and children.

Tyrannous

TYR'ANNOUS, adjective Tyrannical; arbitrary; unjustly severe; despotic.

Tyranny

TYR'ANNY, noun

1. Arbitrary or despotic exercise of power; the exercise of power over subjects and others with a rigor not authorized by law or justice, or not requisite for the purposes of government. Hence tyranny is often synonymous with cruelty and oppression.

2. Cruel government or discipline; as the tyranny of a master.

3. Unresisted and cruel power.

4. Absolute monarchy cruelly administered.

5. Severity; rigor; inclemency.

The tyranny o' th' open night.

Tyrant

TY'RANT, noun [Latin tyrannus.]