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the arrangement of the male catkins in racemose panicles, the small number of flowers in the female catkins, and the numbers of cotyledons possessed by the embryo. The T. distichum, or deciduous cypress, a common ornamental tree upon English lawns, is a native of North America, where its wood is used for all the purposes to which timber is applied. The cones are globular. The bark exudes a resin which is used by the negroes for dressing wounds. The roots are remarkable for the production of large conical knobs, hollow inside. In America they are used by the negroes for bee-hives. Taxology (tak-sol'o-ji), n. [Gr. taxis, order, and logos, a discourse.] Same as Taxonomy. Taxonomic (taks-o-nom'ik), a. Pertaining to or involving taxonomy or systematic classification; classificatory. Huxley. Taxonomy (tak-son'o-mi), n. [Gr. taxis, order, and nomos, law.] 1. That department of natural history which treats of the laws and principles of classification.-2. The laws or principles themselves of classification. Taxor (taks'or), n. Same as Taxer, 2. Tax-payer (taks'pā-ėr), n. One who is assessed and pays a tax.

Taxus (taks'us), n. [L., a yew-tree.] A genus of evergreen plants, the type of the nat. order or sub-order Taxaceae; the yew. The species are natives of Europe and North America. See YEW.

Taylor's Theorem. A formula of most extensive application in analysis, discovered by Dr. Brook Taylor, and published by him in 1715. It is to the following effect. Let u represent any function whatever of the variable quantity x; then if x receive any increment, as h, let u become u'; then we shall du h d'u h2 d3 u hs

have u u+ dx 1 dx2 1-2+dx3 1·2·3+

du h4 +, &c., where d represents the dx4 1234 differential of the function u. The great value of this theorem was overlooked till it was made the basis of the differential and integral calculus by Lagrange in 1772. Tayra (ti'ra), n. A handsome weasel (Galera barbara) of South America, nearly as large as the pine-marten. It is all black, save a large white patch on the breast.

Tazel (tā'zl), n. A plant; teasel (which see). Tazza (tat'sa), n. [It.] A large ornamental cup or vase with a flat or shallow top, and having a foot and handles.

T-bandage (te'band-aj), n. A surgical bandage shaped like a T, and consisting of a strip of linen attached at right angles to another strip.

T-beard (tē bērd), n. A beard cut in the shape of a T.

The Roman T, your T-beard is in fashion, And twifold doth express th' enamoured courtier. Beau. & Fl. Tcha-lan (chä-län'), n. A blue powder containing copper, used by the Chinese for producing blue colours on porcelain. Tchernozem (cher'no-zem), n. [Rus., lit. black earth.] The local name for a black earth of extraordinary fertility, covering at least 100,000,000 acres, from the Carpathians to the Ural Mountains, to the depth of from 4 to 20 feet, and yielding an almost unlimited succession of similar crops without preparation. It consists chiefly of silica with a little alumina, lime, and oxide of iron, and about 7 per cent of vegetable mould, of which 2:45 is nitrogen gas. The nitrogen and other organic matter are no doubt the cause of its fertility.

Tchetwertak (chet'vér-tak), n. A Russian silver coin worth 25 copecks, or about 9d. sterling.

Tchick (chik), interj. 1. A sound produced by pressing the tongue against the roof of the mouth and suddenly withdrawing it, used to quicken a lazy horse. Summing up the whole with a provoking wink, and such an interjectional tchick as men quicken a dull horse with.' Sir W. Scott.-2. An expression of surprise or of contempt. Tchudi (cho'de), n. pl. A name applied by the Russians to the Finnic races in the northwest of Russia. It has now acquired a more general application, and is used to designate the group of peoples of which the Finns, the Esthonians, the Livonians, and Laplanders are members.

Tchudic (cho dik ), a Of or pertaining to the Tchudi; specifically, designating that group of Turanian tongues spoken by the Finns, Esthonians, Livonians, and Laplanders. Spelled also Chudic, Tschudic. T-cloth (te'kloth), n. A plain cotton cloth

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manufactured in this country for the India and China market: so called from a large letter T being stamped on it.

Tea (të), n. [Fr. the, from Chinese tha, the, tcha, tea.] 1. The dried leaves of Thea sinensis or chinensis (the tea-plant), nat. order Ternströmiaceæ, extensively cultivated in China; also the plant itself. Teas are in commerce all brought under two distinct terms, green teas and black teas, and it was at one time believed that these were the products of two different species of Thea, black tea of T. Bohea, and green tea of T. viridis, now regarded by botanists as mere varieties of T. sinensis. Though the products of the same species, black and green teas are mainly the growth of different districts of China, but the two varieties may be produced in either district, the difference being attained by diverse methods of preparation. (See THEA.) The black teas include bohea, congou, souchong, and pekoe; the green teas twankay, hysonskin, young hyson, hyson, imperial, and gunpowder. An infusion of tea as a beverage has slight nutritive value, but it increases respiratory action, and seems to have a decidedly stimulative and restorative action on the nervous system, due to the essential oil and theine it contains, whilst the tannin which is also present is an astringent. The use of tea in this country dates from the middle of the seventeenth century. The following advertisement appeared in the Mercurius Politicus of Sept. 30, 1658. "That excellent and by all physitians approved China drink called by the Chineans Tcha, and by other nations tay, alias tee, is sold at the Sultana Head Coffee House, London.' An entry of Pepys's Diary in 1660 runs: I did send for a cup of tea, a China drink, of which I had never drunk before.' Substitutes for tea have been found in the dried leaves of a number of plants, some of which contain the same stimulating quality, and to which the name tea has consequently been applied. See the end of this article.2. A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water, used as a beverage, which in this country is generally mixed with a little milk or cream and sweetened with sugar. 3. Any infusion or decoction of vegetables for drinking; as, sage tea; chamomile tea, &c.-4. A soup or extract of beef; as, beeftea. See BEEF-TEA.-5. The evening meal, at which tea is usually served-Abyssinian or Arabian tea, the leaves of Catha edulis, which are stimulant, anti-soporific, and antinarcotic, and used by the Arabs to produce wakefulness.-Assam tea (Thea assamica), a cultivated variety of the tea-plant now grown extensively in Assam. --Australian tea, several species of Leptospermum and Melaleuca. Brazilian tea, Stachytarpha jamaicensis. Carolina tea, Ilex Cassine (vomitoria), which yields the 'black drink' of the Indian ceremonials, and which is still used as a beverage by the poorer classes in North Carolina. -Faam or Faham tea. See FAAM-TEA-Jesuits' tea, Psoralea glandulosa.-Labrador tea. See LABRADOR-TEA.New Jersey tea, red-root (Ceanothus ameri-New Zealand tea, Leptospermum canus).scoparium.-Paraguay tea, Ilex paraguayensis, or maté. See MATÉ Tea (tē), v.i. To take tea. [Colloq.]

She asked him whether he intended to ter in his rooms that evening. Farrar.

Tea (tě), v.t. To give tea to; to serve with tea. [Colloq] Tea-board (te'bōrd), n. A board to put tea furniture on.

TEAK

to impart knowledge or skill to; to instruct; to inform.

He will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. Is. ii. 3. Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot. Pope.

There, in his noisy mansion skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. Goldsmith. 2. To impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence or information concerning; to communicate and cause another to learn or acquire; to instruct, train, or give skill in the use, management, or handling of; as, to teach Latin or mathematics; to teach singing, dancing, or fencing; to teach the piano; to teach false doctrine. It is often followed by two objectives (as in Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, &c.), the one of the person, the other of the thing; as, to teach a person grammar; and in the passive one of the objectives is still retained; as, he was taught grammar; grammar was taught him.

In vain they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Mat. xv. 9.

3. To let be known; to tell; as, Stoicism taught how to bear evil with equanimity. And that thou teachest how to make one twain.' Shak.--4. To make to know how; to show how; to show.

They have taught their tongue to speak lies.

Jer. ix. 5. She doth teach the torches to burn bright. Shak. Teach (tech), v.í. To practise giving instruction; to perform the business of a preceptor.

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests Mic. iii. 11.

thereof teach for hire.

Teach, Teache (těch), n. In sugar-boiling, one of the pans in which the cane-juice is boiled, especially the last of the series, from which the inspissated juice is poured into the cooler.

Teachable (tech'a-bl), a. 1. Capable of being taught; as, a person or a subject is not teachable.-2. Apt to learn; readily receiving instruction; docile.

We ought to bring our minds free, unbiassed, and teachable, to learn our religion from the word of God. Watts.

Teachableness (tech'a-bl-nes), n. The quality of being teachable; commonly a willingness or readiness to be informed and instructed; aptness to learn; docility. Teacher (tech'èr), n. 1. One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; a preceptor; an instructor; a tutor.

Love had he found in huts where poor men lie,
His daily teachers had been woods and rills.
Wordsworth.

2. One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination.

The teachers in all the churches assembled themselves. Raleigh. Tea-chest (tē'chest), n. A slightly formed box, usually covered with Chinese characters and devices, and lined with thin sheetlead, in which tea is sent from China. Teaching (tech'ing), n. 1. The act or business of instructing.-2. That which is taught: instruction. The teachings of the church. Buckle.

Teachless (tech'les), a. docile. Shelley.

Unteachable; in

Tea-cup (të'kup), n. A small cup for drinking tea from.

Teade, Tedet (ted), n. [L. tæda, a pinetree, a torch.] A torch; a flambeau. Spen

ser.

Tea-dealer (të'dēl-ér), n. One who deals in or buys and sells tea; a merchant who sells tea.

Tea-canister (të'kan-is-tér), n. A canister or box in which tea is kept. Teach (tech), v. t. pret. & pp. taught (very rarely teached); ppr. teaching. [O.E. teche, softened from A. Sax. tacan (pret. tahte, pp. taht), to teach, to show, to point out, to command; allied to tihan, to accuse; Goth. teihan, O.H.G. zihan, G. zeigen, to point out; cog. L. doceo, to teach, Gr. deiknymi, Skr. dig, to point out, to show. Token is also of same root.] 1. To impart instruction to; to educate; to guide the studies of; to conduct through a course of studies;

Tea-drinker (tē'dringk-ér), n. One who drinks tea; especially, one who uses tea as a beverage habitually or in preference to any other.

erally attached to a house of entertainment, where tea is served.

Teague (teg), n. [Comp. W. taiawg, a rustic. a peasant, a clown.] An Irishman: in contempt. Johnson.

Teak (tek), n. [Tamil name.] 1. A tree which furnishes an abundance of ship timber. It is the Tectona grandis, nat order Verbenaceæ, and is a native of different parts of India, as well as of Burmah and of the islands from Ceylon to the Moluccas. It grows to an immense size, and is remarkable for its large leaves, which are from 12. to 24 inches long, and from 6 to 18 broad.—

TEA-KETTLE

and, though porous, is strong and durable; it is easily seasoned and shrinks but little, and from containing a resinous oil it resists the action of water, and repels the attacks of insects of all kinds. Teak is also used extensively in the East in the construction of houses and temples. -African teak, a timber similar to East Indian teak, believed to be the produce of Oldfieldia africana, nat. order Euphorbiaceæ.

Tea-kettle (te'ket-1), n. A portable kettle in which water is boiled for making tea. Teak-tree (tek'tre), n. See TEAK. Teal (tel), n. [Same as tel or tal in D. teling, taling, a teal; origin doubtful.] The common name for ducks of the genus Querquedula, the smallest and most beautiful of the Anatidæ, or duck family. The common teal (Q. crecca) makes its appearance in England about the end of September, and remains till spring has made considerable progress, when it generally returns again to more northern localities to breed. In many parts of Scotland, however, it remains all the year. Its whole length is about 14 inches. The bill has a horny tip, and is about as long as the head. The plumage of the back is grayish white, mottled with dark streaks; the wings exhibit brown and purplish hues; the tail is of a blackish brown tint. Teals frequent fresh-water lakes, and feed on seeds, grasses,

Common Teal (Querquedula crecca).

water-plants, and insects. The green-winged teal (Q. carolinensis) is very like the common teal, but is distinguished by a white crest in front of the bend of the wings. The blue-winged teal (Q. discors) is somewhat larger than the common teal, and is easily domesticated. Both are North American. Tea-lead (te'led), n. Thin sheet-lead, used in lining tea-chests sent from China. Team (tem), n. [A. Sax. team, offspring, progeny, a succession, a series, a long row; timan, teman, to teem, to bring forth; cog. 0. Fris. tam, race, offspring, &c.; D. toom, a brood of ducks; from the stem of A. Sax. teon, Goth. tiuhan, G. ziehen, to draw, whence also Icel. taumr, D. toom, G. zaum, a bridle.] 1. A flock or group of young animals, especially young ducks; a brood; a litter. A team of ducklings about her.' Holland.

We have a few teams of ducks bred in the moors where the snipes breed. Gilbert White.

2. A number of animals moving together or passing in a line. Like a long team of snowy swans on high.' Dryden.-3. Two or

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something sharp over; as, to tear the skin with briars or thorns. As this mouth should tear this hand.' Shak. In this sense also figuratively; as, a heart torn with anguish.

The women beat their breasts, their cheeks they tear. Shak

4. To divide by violent measures; to disturb, agitate, excite, or disorganize violently; as, a state or government torn by factions.5. To pull with violence; to drag; to move or remove by pulling or violently, especially with prepositions, as from, away, down, out, &c.

Has torn thee from me.
John tore off Lord Strut's servant's clothes.
Arbuthnot,

6. To make or accomplish by rending or
similar violent action; as, to tear a hole in
something. How these vain weak nails
may tear a passage.' Shak.-7. To burst; to
break. Shak.-To tear up, (a) to remove
from a fixed state by violence; as, to tear up
a tree by the roots. (b) To pull to pieces
or shreds; to rend completely; as, to tear up
a piece of paper; to tear a sheet up into
strips.-To tear a cat,t to rant; to rave;
to bluster: especially applied to stage rant-
ing. Shak. To tear the hair, to pull it or
pull it out in a violent or distracted man.
ner: often as a sign of grief or rage.
Tear (tar), v.i. 1. To part, divide, or sepa-
rate on being pulled or handled with more
or less violence; as, this cloth or paper does
not tear very readily.-2. To rave; to rage;
to rant; to move and act with turbulent
violence, as a mad bull.

And now two smaller Cratchits, boy and girl, came tearing in. Dickens.

Tear (tar), n. A rent; a fissure.-Tear and wear, deterioration by long or frequent use. See Wear and tear, under WEAR, n. Tear-drop (ter'drop), n. A tear. A tearTearer (tar'èr), n. 1. One who or that which drop trembled from its source.' Tennyson. tears or rends anything.-2. One that rages or raves with violence; a violent person. Tear-falling (ter'fal-ing),a. Shedding tears; tender. Tear-falling pity. Shak Tearful (ter'ful), a. Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears. Tearful eyes.' Shak.

Tearing (tar'ing), p. and a. Making a great noise or bustle; ranting; raving; clamorous; impetuous; as, a tearing rage or passion. 'Immense dandies... driving in tearing cabs." Thackeray. Used adverbially = violently, extravagantly. This bull that went tearing mad for the pinching of a mouse.' Sir R. L'Estrange. [Colloq.]

Tearless (terles), a. Shedding no tears; without tears; unfeeling.

I ask not each kind soul to keep
Tearless when of my death he hears.
Matt. Arnold,

Tear-pit (ter'pit), n. A sac or fold of the skin under the eye, as in deer, sometimes called the Sub-orbital Sinus or Lachrymal Tear-stained (ter'stand), a. Having traces Sinus, the use of which is not well known. of the passage of tears; as, tear-stained cheeks. Shak.

Tearyt (teri), a. 1. Wet with tears; tearful. 'Her teary face.' Chaucer-2. Consisting of tears, or of drops resembling tears. The teary shower. Lydgate.

Tea-saucer (te'sa-sér), n. A small saucer in which a tea-cup is set.

Tease (tez), v.t. pret. & pp. teased; ppr. teasing. [A. Sax. tasan, to gather, to pluck, to tease, to annoy; Dan. tæse, tasse, to tease wool; L. G. täsen, tösen, to pull, to drag; D. teezen, to pick, to tease; O.H.G. zeisan, G. zausen, to tug, pull, tear. Teasel is from this verb, and tose, touse, tousy, tousle, are closely allied forms.] 1. To pull apart or separate the adhering fibres of; to pick into its separate fibres; to comb or card, as wool or flax.-2. To employ the teasel upon; to teasel for the purpose of raising a nap.3. To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, by silly trifling, or by jests and raillery. Teasing with obvious comment and torturing with inevitable inference.' Disraeli.

My friends tease me about him because he has no estate. Spectator, SYN. To harass, annoy, disturb, irritate, plague, torment, mortify, tantalize, chagrin.

Teasel, Teazel (tê'zel), n. [A. Sax. toesl, teasel, from tæsan, to pluck, to tease. See TEASE.]

TEASEL

1. The English name of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, nat. order Dipsacea. The fuller's thistle (D. Fullonum) is allied to the teasel (D. sylvestris) which grows wild in hedges. It is cultivated, in those districts of England where cloth is manufactured, for the sake of the awns of the head, which are employed to raise the nap of woollen cloths.

Fuller's Teasel (Dipsacus Fullonum). a, Scale of the receptacle. b, Corolla.

For this purpose the heads are fixed round the circumference of a large broad wheel or drum so as to form a kind of brush. The wheel is made to turn round while the cloth is held against the brush thus formed, and the fine hooked awn of the teasel readily insinuates itself into the web, and draws out with it some of the fine fibres of the wool. These are afterwards shorn smooth, and leave the cloth with the fine velvet-like nap which is its peculiar appearance. 2. The burr of the plant.-3. Any contrivance used as a substitute for teasels in the dressing of woollen cloth. [Written also Teazle.]

Teasel, Teazel (tě'zel), v.t. To subject to the action of teasels in the dressing of woollen cloth; to raise a nap on by the action of the teasel. Written also Teazle. Teaseler, Teazler (të'zel-ér), n. One who uses the teasel for raising a nap on cloth. Teasel-frame (tē'zel-fram), n. A frame or set of iron bars in which teasel heads are fixed for raising a nap or pile on woollen cloth.

Teaser (tez'êr), n. 1. One that teases or vexes. 2. The stoker or fireman in a glasswork who attends the furnace. In this sense also written Teazer.

Tea-service (te'sér-vis), n. A complete set of utensils required for the tea-table; teathings.

Tea-set (te'set), n. A tea-service.
Teasing (tez'ing), a. Vexing; irritating;
annoying. Teasing ways of children.'
Wordsworth.

Tea-spoon (të’spön), n. A small spoon used
in drinking tea and other beverages.
Tea-spoonful (te'spon-ful), n. As much
as a tea-spoon holds; specifically, in med.
about a fluid drachm.

Teat (tět), n. [Provincial also tet, tit, O. E. tete, titte, tette, A. Sax. tit, titt, L. G. and O. D. titte, G. zitze, teat. Similar forms occur in various other languages, and their relation to the Teutonic forms is not clear. Comp. Gr. titthe, the nipple, a nurse, Fr. tette (which Brachet takes from the Teutonic). It. tetta, Sp. teta; also W. teth, Ir. and Gael. did-teat.] 1. The projecting organ through which milk is drawn from the breast or udder of females in the class Mammalia; the nipple; the dug of a beast; the pap of a woman. It consists of an elastic, erectile substance, embracing the lactiferous ducts, which terminate on its surface, and thus serves to convey milk to the young of animals.

Infants sleep, and are seldom awake but when hunger calls for the teat. Locke.

2. A small nozzle resembling a teat. Tea-table (të'tā-bl), n. A table on which tea-furniture is set or at which tea is drank. Tea-taster (te'tast-ér), n. A person employed to test qualities of teas by tasting their infusions, either in Chinese ports or in Britain, as in the London docks. Teated (têt'ed), a. Having teats; having protuberances resembling the teats of ani

mals.

Teathe (teтH), n. and v. See TATH. [Provincial English.]

Tea-things (të'thingz), n. pl. Tea-service.

Tea-tree (të'trē), n.

The shrub or plant that produces the leaves which are imported and called tea. See THEA and TEA. Tea-urn (te'èrn), n. A vessel in the form of a vase, placed on the tea-table, for supplying heated water for tea.

Teaze-hole (tēz’hōl), n. The opening in the furnace of a glass-work through which coals are put in.

Teazel, Teazle (tē'zl), n. and v.t. See
TEASEL

Teazer (tez'èr), n. See TEASER.
Teaze-tenon (tez'ten-on), n.

In carp.

a tenon on the top of a tenon, with a double shoulder and tenon from each, for supporting two level pieces of timber at right angles to each other.

Tebbad (teb'ad), n. The Persian name for the scorching winds which blow over the hot sandy plains of Central Asia, carrying with them clouds of impalpable sand, which are said to act like flakes of fire on travellers' skins.

Tebeth (te'beth), n. [Heb.] The tenth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, beginning with the new moon in December and ending with the new moon in January. Teche,t v.t. To teach. Chaucer. Techily (tech'i-li), adv. In a techy manner; peevishly; fretfully; irritably. Techiness (tech'i-nes), n. The state or qua lity of being techy; peevishness; fretfulness. Technic (tek'nik). a. Same as Technical. Technic (tek'nik), n. The method of performance or manipulation in any art; technical skill or manipulation; artistic execution.

They illustrate the method of nature, not the technic of a manlike artificer. Prof. Tyndall. Technical (tek'nik-al), a. [L. technicus; Gr. technikos, from techne, art.] Of or pertaining to the mechanical arts, or to any particular art, science, profession, handicraft, business, or the like; specially appropriate to or characteristic of any art, science, manufacture, or the like; as, a technical word or phrase; a technical difficulty; technical skill.

TECTLY

Technology (tek-nol'o-ji), n. [Gr. technë, art, and logos, word or discourse.] That branch of knowledge which deals with the various industrial arts; the science or systematic knowledge of the industrial arts, as spinning, weaving, dyeing, metallurgy, brewing, and the like. [The word is sometimes erroneously used as equivalent to terminology.]

Techy, Tetchy (tech'i), a. [Corrupted from touchy.] Peevish; fretful; irritable.

I cannot come to Cressid, but by Pandar,
And he's as techy to be woo'd to woo,

As she is stubborn-chaste against all suit. Shak Tecoma (te-kō'ma), n. [Shortened from tecomaxochitl, the Mexican name of the species. ] A genus of plants, nat. order Bignoniaceae. The species are erect trees or shrubs or climbing plants, with un

Tecoma impetiginosa.

equally pinnate or digitate simple leaves. with terminal panicles of dusky red or orange flowers. They are natives of the Old and New World in tropical and sub tropical climates. A climbing species, T. radicans, a native of North and South Carolina, of Florida and Virginia, is a favourite in this country as an ornamental plant. From the shape of its corolla the plant has received the name of trumpet

flower. Technical words or terms of art.' Locke. "Technical dictionaries.' Johnson.

Of the terms of art I have received such as could be found either in books of science or technical dictionaries. Johnson.

It is hardly necessary to give any warning, generally, against the unnecessary introduction of technical language of any kind when the meaning can be adequately or even tolerably expressed in common, ie, unscientific words. The terms and phrases of art have an air of pedantic affectation, for which they do not compensate by even the smallest appearance of increased energy. Whately.

Technicality (tek-ni-kal'i-ti), n. 1. Technicalness (which see).-2. That which is technical or peculiar to any science, art, calling, sect, and the like; a technical expression.

They drew from all quarters the traditions, the technicalities of art. Milman.

Technically (tek'ni-kal-li), adv. In a technical manner; according to the signification of terms of art or the professions. Technicalness (tek'ni-kal-nes), n. The quality or state of being technical or peculiar to the arts; technicality.

Technicals (tek'ni-kalz), n. pl. Those things
that pertain to the practical part of an art
or science; technicalities; technical terms;
technics.

Technicist (tek'ni-sist), n. One skilled in
technics or in the practical arts.
Technicological (tek ́ni-kō-loj′′ik-al), a.
Technological; technical.

Had the apostle used this technicological phrase in any different sense from its common acceptation he would have told us of it. Dr. John Scott. Technics (tek'niks), n. sing. or pl. 1. The doctrine of arts in general; such branches of learning as respect the arts. -2. As a plural, technical terms or objects; things pertaining or relating to the practice of an art, science, or the like.

Some of the species of Tecoma are medicinal, as T. impetiginosa, which abounds in tannin, and whose bark is bitter, mucilaginous, and used in lotions, baths, &c., in cases of inflammations of the joints and debility.

Tectibranchiata (tek-ti-brang′ki-ā”ta),n.pl. [L. tectus, concealed or covered, and branchice, gills. A division of gasteropodous Mollusca, comprehending those species in which the gills are attached along the right side or on the back in form of leaves more or less divided. The mantle covers them more or less, and contains nearly always in its thickness a small shell, which may be en

Tectibranchiata.

1, Pleurobranchus punctatus. 2. The shell that is concealed within the mantle. 3, Shell partly exposed, as exemplified in the Bulla.

tirely concealed or partly exposed They resemble the Pectinibranchiata in the form of the organs of respiration, and live, like them. in the sea; but they are all hermaphrodites. The section includes the families of the Tornatellida, Bullide, Aplysiada, Pleurobranchidae, and Phyllidiada. Tectibranchiate (tek-ti-brang′ki-āt), a. A term designating a section of gasteropodous molluscs. See TECTIBRANCHIATA. Tectly (tekt'li), adv. [L. tectus, hid, covered, from tego, to hide, to conceal. } Secretly; covertly; privately. Holinshed.

TECTONA

[From its name in plants, nat. order See TEAK.

Tectona (tek-tō'na), n Malabar.] A genus of Verbenaceae; the teak. Tectonic (tek-ton'ik). a. [L. tectonicus, G. tektonikos, from tekton, tektonos, a carpenter, a builder.] Pertaining to building or construction.

Tectonics (tek-ton'iks), n. sing. or pl. The science or the art by which vessels, implements, dwellings, and other edifices are formed on the one hand agreeably to the end for which they are designed, and on the other in conformity with sentiments and artistic ideas. Fairholt

Tectrices (tek'tri-sēz), n. pl. [A modern Latin word from L. tego, tectum, to cover] In ornith, the feathers which cover the quillfeathers and other parts of the wing; the

coverts.

Tecum, Tecum-fibre (te'kum, tē'kum-fiběr), n. The fibrous produce of a palm-leaf, resembling green wool, imported from Brazil. See TUCUM.

Ted (ted), v.t. pret. & pp. tedded; ppr. tedding. W. teddu, to spread out, tedu, to stretch out; tedd, a spread, a display; teddus, spreading.] In agri. to spread to the air after being reaped or mown; to turn (new-mowed grass or hay) from the swath and scatter it for drying. 'Tedded grass.' Milton. 'The tedded hay.' Coleridge. The scythe lies glittering in the dewy wreathe of ted fed grass. Gray.

Tedder (ted'èr), n. One who teds; an implement that spreads and turns newly mown grass or hay from the swath for the purpose of drying. See HAY-TEDDER. Teddert (ted'èr), n.

Same as Tether.

We live joyfully, going abroad within our fedder. Bacon. Teddert (ted'ér), v. t. To tether. See TETHER. Te Deum (të dë'um), n. [From the first words, Te Deum laudamus.] 1. The title of a celebrated Latin hymn of praise, usually ascribed to St. Ambrose and St. Augustine, and well-known in this country through the translation in the Book of Common Prayer, commencing, 'We praise thee, O God.' is sung on particular occasions, as on the news of victories, and on high festival days in Roman Catholic and also in some Protestant churches. In the English Church Te Deum is sung in the morning service between the two lessons.

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Te Deum was sung at St. Paul's after the victory. Bacon. Hence-2. A thanksgiving service in which this hymn forms a principal part. Tedge (tej), n. In founding, the pipe of the flask-mould through which melted metal is poured into it. Called also Ingate. Teding-penny (ted'ing-pen-ni), n. Same as Tithing-penny.

Tediousness.

Tediosity (të-li-os'i-ti), n. Tedious (téd'yus), a. (O.Fr. tedieux, L. tædiosus, from tædium, tedium, from tædet, it wearies.] 1. Involving or causing tedium: tiresome from continuance, prolixity, or slowness which causes prolixity; wearisome: said of persons or things; as, a tedious preacher: a tedious discourse. "That I be not further tedious unto thee.' Acts xxiv. 4.

Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. Shak. 2. Slow; as, a tedious course. -SYN. Wearisome, tiresome, fatiguing, sluggish, dilatory, tardy.

Tediously (tēd'yus-li), adv. In a tedious manner; so as to weary.

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Tee (te), n. [Icel, tja, to point out, to mark, to note.] A mark set up in playing at quoits; the mark made in the ice, in the game of curling, towards which the stones are pushed; the nodule of earth from which a ball is struck off at the hole in the play of golf. [Scotch.]

Tee (te), v. t. In golf-playing, to place (a ball) on the tee preparatory to striking off.

All that is managed for you like a teed ball (my father sometimes draws his similes from his own favourite game of golf). Sir W. Scott.

Teel (tél), n. [Indian name.] A plant, the Sesamum indicum.-Teel-seeds, the produce of this plant, from which an oil, known as Gingitic oil, and resembling olive-oil in its properties, is expressed. See SESAMUM. Teem (tem), v.i. ́ [A. Sax. têman, týman, to produce. See TEAM.] 1. To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to be pregnant; to engender young; to conceive.

Shak.

What's the newest grief?
Each minute teems a new one.
The earth obey'd, and straight
Opening her fertile womb, teem'd at a birth
Innumerable living creatures.
Milton.

Teem† (tēm), v. t. [See Tooм.] To pour.

Teem out the remainder of the ale into the tankard, and fill the glass with small-beer. Swift. Teemer (têm'ér), n. One who teems; one who brings forth young. Teemful (tém'ful), a. 1. Pregnant; prolific. [Poetical.]-2. ↑ Brimful. Ainsworth. Teemless (tem'les), a. Not fruitful or prolific; barren. 'Teemless earth.' Dryden.

[Poetical.]

Teen, Teenet (tën), n. [Also tene, A. Sax. teón, teôna, injury, vexation. See the verb.] Grief; sorrow.

For there with bodily anguish keen,
With Indian heats at last fordone,
With public toil and private teen,

Thou sank'st alone.

Matt. Arnold. Teen, Teenet (tën), v.t. [A. Sax. teônan, týnan, to irritate, to provoke; O.D. tenen, teenen, to irritate.] To excite; to provoke; to grieve; to afflict.

Teen (ten), v.t. [A. Sax. tynan, to inclose, to shut in, to hedge.] To inclose; to make a fence round. [Provincial English.] Teen (tén), v.t. To light, as a candle. See Halliwell. [Provincial TEEND, to kindle.

English.]

Teenfult (ten'ful), a. [See TEEN, n.] Full of grief; sorrowful; afflicted.

Teens (tenz), n. pl. The years of one's age having the termination -teen. These years begin with thirteen and end with nineteen, and during this period a person is said to be in his or her teens.

Our author would excuse these youthful scenes, Begotten at his entrance, in his teens. Granville. Teeny (te'ni), a. [For tiny.] Very small; tiny.

vish. [Provincial.]

Teer (ter), v.t. [Fr. tirer, to draw.] To stir, as a calico-printer's sieve, which is stretched on a frame.

Teerer (térér), n. A young person, boy or girl, employed to stir the sieve to calicoprinters.

Teesdalia (tēz-dā'li-a), n. A genus of cruciferous plants, so named after Mr. Teesdale, an English botanist. The species, which are not important, are small annual smooth herbs, with stalked expanded vertical leaves, and usually small and white flowers. T. nudicaulis is a British species, found in sandy and gravelly places.

TEGUMENT

Tee-tee (të'tē), n. A name common to the various species of the squirrel monkeys or sagoins of South America. Spelled also Titi. See SAGOIN.

Teeter (te'ter), v. t. or i. [Prov. E. titter, to see-saw. See TITTER] To ride on the ends of a balanced plank, &c., as children do for amusement; to see-saw; to titter. [American.]

Teeth (teth), pl. of tooth (which see). Teethe (teTH), v. i. [From the noun.] To breed teeth.

Teething (těTH'ing), n. The operation or process of the first growth of teeth, or the process by which they make their way through the gums; dentition. Teetotal (te tō-tal), a. [Formed by reduplication of initial letter of total, for the sake of emphasis; comp. tee-totum; or, according to one story, total as pronounced by a stutterer.] 1. Entire; complete; total [Slang or colloq 1-2. Pertaining to teetotallers or to abstinence societies; as, a teetotal meeting: a teetotal pledge. Teetotalism (të'tō-tal-izm), n. The principles or practice of teetotallers. Teetotaller, Teetotaler (te to-tal-er), n. One who more or less formally pledges or binds himself to entire abstinence from intoxicating liquors, unless medically prescribed; a total abstainer.

Teetotally (te'to-tal-li), adv. Entirely; totally. [Colloq. or slang.]

An ugly little parenthesis between two still uglier clauses of a teetotally ugly sentence. De Quincey. Tee-totum (tē'tō-tum), n. [That is T-totum, totum represented by T, from the T marked upon it; comp. teetotal.] A small foursided toy of the top kind, used by children in a game of chance. The four sides exhibit respectively the letters A, T, N, D. The toy is set spinning, and wins and losses are determined according to the letter that turns up when the tee-totum has ceased whirling: thus A (Latin aufer, take away) indicates that the player who has last spun is entitled to take one from the stakes; D (depone, put down), a forfeiture or laying down of a stake; N (nihil, nothing), neither loss nor gain; T (totum, the whole), a title to the whole of the stakes.

He rolled him about, with a hand on each of his shoulders, until the staggerings of the gentleman. were like those of a tee-totum nearly spent. Dickens. Teg, Tegg (teg), n. 1. A female fallow-deer; a doe in the second year.-2. A young sheep, older than a lamb.

Tegmen, Tegumen (teg'men, teg'u-men), n. pl. Tegmina, Tegumina (teg'mi-na, te-gu'mi-na). [L.] 1. A covering. See TEGUMENT. 2. In bot. the inner skin which covers the seed.

Tegmentum, Tegumentum (teg-men'tum, teg-u-men'tum), . pl. Tegmenta, Tegumenta (teg-men'ta, teg-u-men'ta). [L., from tego, to cover.] In bot, the scaly coat which covers the leaf-buds of deciduous trees; one of these scales.

Teguexin (te-gek'sin), n. A large lizard (Teuis Teguexin), family Teida, of Brazil and Guiana, upwards of 5 feet in length, having a very long tail, and said to give notice of the approach of an alligator by hissing. It swims well, and lives on fruits, insects, eggs, honey, &c., as well as on aquatic animals. It fights fiercely when attacked. The scaly rings of its tail are held to be a protection against paralysis, while its fat is supposed to draw out thorus and prickles. The name is often applied to other species of the same family.

Tegula (teg'u la), n. pl. Tegula (teg'u-lé). [L., a tile.] In entom, a name for a kind of callosity which is seen at the origin of the superior wings of the Hymenoptera. Tegular (ter'ù-lèr), a. [L. tegula, a tile (whence E. tile), from tego, to cover or make close.] Pertaining to a tile; resembling a tile; consisting of tiles.

A

Tegularly (teg ́ü-lêr-li), adv. [See TEGULAR.] In the manner of tiles on a roof. Tegulated (teg'ū-lāt-ed), a. Composed of plates or scales overlapping like tiles: said specifically of ancient armour. Tegument (teg'u-ment), n. [L. tegumentum, tegimentum, from tego, to cover.] cover or covering: specifically, a natural covering, as of an animal; integument; specifically, (a) in anat, the general name given to the cuticle, rete mucosum, skin, and adipose membrane, as being the covering of every part of the body except the nails. (b) In bot. same as Tegmentum. (c) In entom.