Chapter XXI: Front Matter (21)

TATTOO, tat-t[=oo]', _n._ a beat of drum and a bugle-call to call soldiers to quarters, originally to shut the taps or drinking-houses against them.--THE DEVIL'S TATTOO, the act of drumming with the fingers on a table, &c.; in absence of mind or impatience. [Dut. _taptoe_--_tap_, a tap, and _toe_, which is the prep., Eng. _to_. Ger. _zu_, in the sense of 'shut.']

TATTOO, tat-t[=oo]', _v.t._ to mark permanently (as the skin) with figures, by pricking in colouring-matter.--_n._ marks or figures made by pricking colouring-matter into the skin.--_ns._ TATTOO'[=A]GE; TATTOO'ER; TATTOO'ING. [Tahitian _tatu_.]

TATTY, tat'i, _n._ an East Indian screen or mat made of the roots of the fragrant cuscus-grass, with which door or window openings are filled up in the season of hot winds. [Hind. _t[=a]t[=i]_.]

TAU, taw, _n._ the toad-fish: a tau-cross.--_ns._ TAU'-BONE, a [Greek: T]-shaped bone, as the interclavicle of a monotreme; TAU'-CROSS, a cross in the form of a [Greek: T]--also _Cross-tau_ and _Cross of St Anthony_; TAU'-STAFF, a staff with a cross-piece at the top like a crutch.--_adj._ TAU'-TOPPED, having a handle like a tau-cross. [See T.]

TAUGHT, tawt, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _teach_.

TAUNT, tawnt, _v.t._ to reproach or upbraid with severe or insulting words: to censure sarcastically.--_n._ upbraiding, sarcastic, or insulting words: a bitter reproach.--_n._ TAUNT'ER.--_adj._ TAUNT'ING.--_adv._ TAUNT'INGLY. [O. Fr. _tanter_--L. _tent[=a]re_, to tempt.]

TAUPIE, TAWPIE, taw'pi, _n._ (_Scot._) a thoughtless girl. [Ice. _tópi_, a fool.]

TAURUS, taw'rus, _n._ the Bull, one of the signs of the zodiac.--_adjs._ TAU'RIAN, pertaining to a bull; TAU'RIFORM, having the form of a bull; TAU'R[=I]NE, bull-like.--_ns._ TAUROB[=O]'LIUM, the slaughter of a bull in the Mithraic rites, or an artistic representation of the same; TAUROM'ACHY, bull-fighting.--_adj._ TAUROMOR'PHOUS, bull-shaped. [L.,--Gr.]

TAUT, TAUGHT, tawt, _adj._ tightly drawn: in good condition.--_v.t._ TAUT'EN, to make tight.--_n._ TAUT'NESS. [A form of _tight_.]

TAUTED, taw'ted, _adj._ (_Scot._) matted.--Also TAW'TIE, TAU'TIE, TAT'TY. [See TAT (1).]

TAUTOCHRONOUS, taw-tok'r[=o]-nus, _adj._ isochronous.--_n._ TAU'TOCHRONE.

TAUTOG, taw-tog', _n._ a labroid fish of the United States Atlantic coast.

TAUTOLOGY, taw-tol'[=o]-ji, _n._ needless repetition of the same thing in different words.--_adjs._ TAUTOLOG'IC, -AL, containing tautology.--_adv._ TAUTOLOG'ICALLY.--_v.i._ TAUTOL'OGISE, to use tautology: to repeat the same thing in different words.--_ns._ TAUTOL'OGISM; TAUTOL'OGIST.--_adjs._ TAUTOL'OGOUS, tautological; TAUTOPHON'ICAL.--_n._ TAUTOPH'ONY, repetition of the same sound. [Gr. _tautologia_--_tauto_, the same, _legein_, to speak.]

TAVERN, tav'[.e]rn, _n._ a licensed house for the sale of liquors, with accommodation for travellers: an inn.--_ns._ TAV'ERNER, an innkeeper; TAV'ERNING. [Fr. _taverne_--L. _taberna_, from root of _tabula_, a board.]

TAVERS, TAIVERS, t[=a]'vers, _n.pl._ (_Scot._) tatters.

TAVERT, TAIVERT, t[=a]'vert, _adj._ (_Scot._) muddled: fuddled.

TAW, taw, _n._ a marble chosen to be played with, a game at marbles, also the line from which to play.

TAW, taw, _v.t._ to prepare and dress, as skins into white leather.--_ns._ TAW'ER, a maker of white leather; TAW'ERY, a place where skins are dressed; TAW'ING. [A.S. _tawian_, to prepare; Old High Ger. _zoujan_, make, Dut. _touwen_, curry.]

TAWDRY, taw'dri, _adj._ showy without taste: gaudily dressed.--_adj._ TAW'DERED, tawdrily dressed.--_adv._ TAW'DRILY.--_n._ TAW'DRINESS.--_n.pl._ TAW'DRUMS, finery. [Said to be corr. from _St Awdrey_=_St Ethelreda_, at whose fair (17th October) laces and gay toys were sold.]

TAWIE, taw'i, _adj._ (_Scot._) tame.

TAWNY, taw'ni, _adj._ of the colour of things tanned, a yellowish brown.--_n._ TAW'NINESS. [Fr. _tanné_, pa.p. of _tanner_, to tan.]

TAWS, TAWSE, tawz, _n._ (_Scot._) a leather strap, usually fringed at the end, for chastising children.

TAX, taks, _n._ a rate imposed on property or persons for the benefit of the state: anything imposed: a burdensome duty.--_v.t._ to lay a tax on: to register or enrol for fiscal purposes (Luke ii. 1): to burden: to accuse: to examine accounts in order to allow or disallow items.--_ns._ TAXABIL'ITY, TAX'ABLENESS.--_adj._ TAX'ABLE, capable of being, or liable to be, taxed--_adv._ TAX'ABLY.--_ns._ TAX[=A]'TION, act of taxing; TAX'-CART, a light spring-cart; TAX'ER.--_adj._ TAX'FREE, exempt from taxation.--_ns._ TAX'-GATH'ERER; TAXIM'ETER (see Addenda); TAX'ING-MAS'TER, an officer of a court of law who examines bills of costs; TAX'-PAY'ER. [Fr. _taxe_, a tax--L. _tax[=a]re_, to handle, value, charge--_tang[)e]re_ to touch.]

TAXIARCH, tak'si-ärk, _n._ the commander of an ancient Greek taxis or battalion.

TAXIDERMY, taks'i-d[.e]r-mi, _n._ the art of preparing and stuffing the skins of animals.--_adjs._ TAXIDER'MAL, TAXIDER'MIC.--_v.t._ TAX'IDERMISE.--_n._ TAX'IDERMIST. [Fr.,--Gr. _taxis_, arrangement, _derma_, a skin.]

TAXING, taks'ing, _n._ (_Shak._) satire. [_Tax_.]

TAXIS, tak'sis, _n._ (_surg._) the art of putting parts in their natural place by means of pressure: orderly arrangement, classification: a brigade in an ancient Greek army.--_ns._ TAXOL'OGY, the science of classification; TAXON'OMER, a taxonomist.--_adjs._ TAXONOM'IC, -AL.--_adv._ TAXONOM'ICALLY.--_ns._ TAXON'OMIST, one versed in taxonomy; TAXON'OMY, the laws and principles of taxology or orderly classification, also their application to natural history. [Gr.,--_tassein_, to arrange.]

TAXUS, tak'sus, _n._ the yew genus of conifers.

TAYO, ta'y[=o], _n._ a garment like an apron worn by South American Indians.

TAZZA, tat'sa, _n._ a shallow vessel mounted on a foot: a saucer-shaped bowl. [It.]

TCHICK, chik, _n._ a sound made by pressing the tongue against the roof of the mouth and then drawing it back quickly, as in urging a horse on.--_v.i._ to make such a sound. [Imit.]

TEA, t[=e], _n._ the dried leaves of a shrub in China, Japan, Assam, and Ceylon: an infusion of the leaves in boiling water: any vegetable infusion.--_ns._ TEA'-BREAD, light spongy bread or buns to be eaten with tea; TEA'-CADD'Y, a caddy or small box for holding tea; TEA'-CAKE, a light cake to be eaten with tea; TEA'-CAN'ISTER, an air-tight jar or box for holding tea; TEA'-CHEST, a chest or case in which tea is imported; TEA'-CLIP'PER, a fast-sailing ship in the tea-trade; TEA'-C[=O]'SY (see COSY); TEA'-CUP, a small cup used in drinking tea; TEA'-DEAL'ER, one who buys and sells tea; TEA'-FIGHT (_slang_), a tea-party; TEA'-GAR'DEN, a public garden where tea and other refreshments are served; TEA'-GOWN, a loose gown for wearing at afternoon tea at home; TEA'-HOUSE, a Chinese or Japanese house for tea, &c.; TEA'-KETT'LE, a kettle in which to boil water for making tea; TEA'-LEAD, thin sheet-lead, used in lining tea-chests; TEA'-PAR'TY, a social gathering at which tea is served, also the persons present; TEA'-PLANT, the plant or shrub from which tea is obtained; TEA'-POT, a pot or vessel in which the beverage tea is made; TEA'-SAU'CER, a saucer in which a tea-cup is set; TEA'-SER'VICE, -SET, the utensils necessary for a tea-table; TEA'-SPOON, a small spoon used with the tea-cup, smaller still than the dessert-spoon; TEA'-STICK, a stick cut from the Australian tea-tree; TEA'-T[=A]'BLE, a table at which tea is drunk; TEA'-TAST'ER, one who ascertains the quality of tea by tasting it.--_n.pl._ TEA'-THINGS, the tea-pot, cups, &c.--_ns._ TEA'-TREE, the common tea-plant or shrub; a name of various Australian myrtaceous and other plants; TEA'-URN, a vessel for boiling water or keeping it hot, used on the tea-table.--BLACK TEA, that which in the process of manufacture is fermented between rolling and firing (heating with charcoal in a sieve), while GREEN TEA is that which is fired immediately after rolling. Among black teas are _bohea_, _congou_, _souchong_, and _pekoe_; among green, _hyson_, _imperial_, and _gunpowder_. The finest black is _Pekoe_; the finest green, _Gunpowder_. [From South Chinese _te_ (pron. _t[=a]_), the common form being _ch'a_ or _ts'a_.]

TEACH, t[=e]ch, _v.t._ to show: to impart knowledge to: to guide the studies of: to exhibit so as to impress upon the mind: to impart the knowledge of: to accustom: to counsel.--_v.i._ to practise giving instruction:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ taught (tawt).--_n._ TEACHABIL'ITY.--_adj._ TEACH'ABLE, capable of being taught: apt or willing to learn.--_ns._ TEACH'ABLENESS; TEACH'ER, one who teaches or instructs; TEACH'ING, the act of teaching or instructing: instruction.--_adj._ TEACH'LESS, indocile. [A.S. _t['æ]can_, to show, teach; Ger. _zeigen_, to show; allied to L. _doc[=e]re_, to teach, Gr. _deiknunai_, to show.]

TEAD, t[=e]d, _n._ (_Spens._) a torch, a flambeau. [L. _tæda_.]

TEAGLE, t[=e]'gl, _n._ (_prov._) a hoist or lift. [Prob. a form of _tackle_.]

TEAGUE, t[=e]g, _n._ an Irishman.

TEAK, t[=e]k, _n._ a tree in the East Indies and Africa, also its wood, remarkable for its hardness and durability. [Malayalam _tekka_.]

TEAL, t[=e]l, _n._ a web-footed water-fowl allied to the duck, but smaller. [Dut. _teling_, _taling_.]

TEAM, t[=e]m, _n._ a number of animals moving together or in order: two or more oxen or other animals harnessed to the same vehicle; a number of persons associated for doing anything conjointly, playing a game, &c.--_v.t._ to join together in a team: to give work to a gang under a sub-contractor.--_adj._ TEAMED (_Spens._), arranged in a team.--_n._ TEAM'STER, one who drives a team.--_adv._ TEAM'WISE, like a team, harnessed together. [A.S. _teám_, offspring; prob. _teón_, to draw.]

TEAPOY, t[=e]'poi, _n._ a small table for the tea-service, &c. [Hind. _t[=i]p[=a]i_--Pers. _s[=i]p[=a]i_.]

TEAR, t[=e]r, _n._ a drop of the fluid secreted by the lachrymal gland, appearing in the eyes: anything like a tear.--_ns._ TEAR'-DROP, a tear; TEAR'-DUCT, the lachrymal or nasal duct.--_adjs._ TEAR'-FALL'ING (_Shak._), shedding tears, tender; TEAR'FUL, abounding with or shedding tears: weeping.--_adv._ TEAR'FULLY.--_n._ TEAR'FULNESS.--_adjs._ TEAR'LESS, without tears: unfeeling; TEAR'-STAINED (_Shak._), stained with tears; TEAR'Y, tearful, [A.S. _teár_, _t['æ]r_; Goth. _tagr_; cf. L. _lacrima_, Gr. _dakru_.]

TEAR, t[=a]r, _v.t._ to draw asunder or separate with violence: to make a violent rent in: to lacerate.--_v.i._ to move or act with violence: to rage:--_pa.t._ t[=o]re, (_B._) t[=a]re; _pa.p._ t[=o]rn.--_n._ something torn, a rent: (_slang_) a spree.--_n._ TEAR'ER, one who, or that which, tears: (_slang_) a boisterous person.--_p.adj._ TEAR'ING, great, terrible, rushing.--TEAR AND WEAR (see WEAR); TEAR ONE'S SELF AWAY, to go off with great unwillingness; TEAR THE HAIR, to pull the hair in a frenzy of grief or rage; TEAR UP, to remove from a fixed state by violence: to pull to pieces. [A.S. _teran_; cf. Ger. _zehren_.]

TEASE, t[=e]z, _v.t._ to comb or card, as wool: to scratch, as cloth: to raise a nap: to vex with importunity, jests, &c.: to torment, irritate.--_n._ one who teases or torments.--_n._ TEAS'ER, one who teases out anything: the stoker of a glass-works furnace.--_adj._ TEAS'ING, vexatious.--_adv._ TEAS'INGLY. [A.S. _t['æ]san_, to pluck; Dut. _teezen_, Ger. _zeisen_.]

TEASEL, t[=e]z'l, _n._ a plant with large burs or heads covered with stiff, hooked awns, which are used in raising a nap on cloth--also TEAZ'EL, TEAZ'LE.--_v.t._ to raise a nap on with the teasel:--_pr.p._ teas'eling; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ teas'eled.--_ns._ TEAS'ELER; TEAS'ELING, the act of raising a nap on cloth. [A.S. _tæsel_, _tæsl_--_t['æ]san_, to pluck.]

TEAT, t[=e]t, _n._ the nipple of the female breast through which the young suck the milk.--_adj._ TEAT'ED, mammiferous. [A.S. _tit_; cog. with Ger. _zitze_; or perh. through O. Fr. _tete_, from Teut.]

TEBETH, teb'eth, _n._ the tenth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical, and fourth of the secular, year, corresponding to parts of December and January.

TECHNIC, -AL, tek'nik, -al, _adj._ pertaining to art, esp. the useful arts: belonging to a particular art or profession.--_n._ TECHNICAL'ITY, state or quality of being technical: that which is technical.--_adv._ TECH'NICALLY.--_ns._ TECH'NICALNESS; TECHNI'CIAN; TECH'NICIST, one skilled in the practical arts.--_n.pl._ TECH'NICS, the doctrine of arts in general: the branches that relate to the arts; TECHNIQUE (tek-n[=e]k'), method of performance, manipulation, esp. everything concerned with the mechanical part of a musical performance.--_adjs._ TECHNOLOG'IC, -AL, relating to technology.--_ns._ TECHNOL'OGIST, one skilled in technology; TECHNOL'OGY, the systematic knowledge of the industrial arts: a discourse or treatise on the arts: an explanation of terms employed in the arts; TECHNON'OMY, the principles underlying technology. [Gr. _technikos_--_techn[=e]_, art, akin to _tekein_, to produce.]

TECHY. See TETCHY.

TECNOLOGY, tek-nol'[=o]-ji, _n._ a treatise on children. [Gr. _teknon_, a child, _logia_, discourse.]

TECTARIA, tek-t[=a]'ri-a, _n._ a genus of univalves with a turbinate or conic shell.--_adjs._ TECTIBRANCH'IATE, having the gills covered; TEC'TIFORM, roof-like: (_entom._) ridged in the middle and sloping down on the sides. [L. _tectum_, a roof.]

TECTOLOGY, tek-tol'[=o]-ji, _n._ structural morphology according to which an organism is regarded as composed of individuals of different orders.--_adj._ TECTOLOG'ICAL. [Gr. _tekt[=o]n_, a builder.]

TECTONIC, tek-ton'ik, _adj._ pertaining to building.--_n.sing._ and _pl._ TECTON'ICS, building as an art: the shaping and ornamentation of furniture, weapons, &c. [Gr. _tekt[=o]n_, a builder.]

TECTORIAL, tek-t[=o]'ri-al, _adj._ covering.--_n._ TECT[=O]'RIUM, a covering: the coverts of the wing or tail of birds taken collectively.

TECTRICES, tek-tr[=i]'sez, _n.pl._ wing or tail coverts of birds:--_sing._ TEC'TRIX.--_adj._ TECTRI'CIAL.

TED, ted, _v.t._ to spread or turn, as new-mown grass, for drying:--_pr.p._ ted'ding; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ ted'ded.--_n._ TED'DER, an implement for spreading hay. [Scand.; Ice. _tedhja_, spread manure.]

TEDE, TEAD, t[=e]d, _n._ (_obs._) a torch. [L. _tæda_.]

TEDESCO, te-des'k[=o], _adj._ German. [It.]

TE DEUM, t[=e] d[=e]'um, _n._ a famous Latin hymn of the Western Church, sung at the end of matins on all feasts except Innocents' Day, and on all Sundays except during penitential seasons--it begins with the words _Te Deum Laudamus_, 'We praise thee, O God:' a thanksgiving service in which this hymn forms a principal part.

TEDIOUS, t[=e]'di-us, _adj._ wearisome: tiresome from length or slowness: irksome: slow.--_n._ TEDIOS'ITY, tediousness.--_adv._ T[=E]'DIOUSLY.--_n._ T[=E]'DIOUSNESS. [L. _tædiosus_.]

TEDIUM, t[=e]'di-um, _n._ wearisomeness: irksomeness. [L. _tædium_--_tædet_, it wearies.]

TEE, t[=e], _n._ a mark for quoits, curling-stones, &c.: (_golf_) the raised sand from which the ball is played at the commencement of each hole.--_v.t._ to place the golf-ball on this before striking off.

TEE, t[=e], _n._ a finial in the form of a conventionalised umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indo-Chinese countries.

TEEM, t[=e]m, _v.i._ to bring forth or produce: to bear or be fruitful: to be pregnant: to be full or prolific.--_n._ TEEM'ER.--_adjs._ TEEM'FUL; TEEM'ING; TEEM'LESS, barren. [A.S. _teám_, offspring.]

TEEM, t[=e]m, _v.t._ and _v.i._ to pour, empty.

TEEN, t[=e]n, _n._ (_arch._) grief, affliction, injury. [A.S. _teóna_, reproach, injury.]

TEEN, t[=e]n, _v.t._ (_Spens._) to excite, provoke. [A.S. _týnan_, to irritate, vex.]

TEEN, t[=e]n, _v.t._ (_Spens._) to allot, bestow.

TEENS, t[=e]nz, _n.pl._ the years of one's age from thir_teen_ to nine_teen_.

TEENY, t[=e]'ni, _adj._ very small, tiny.

TEENY, t[=e]'ni, _adj._ (_prov._) peevish.

TEER, t[=e]r, _v.t._ to stir, as a calico-printer's sieve.

TEE-TEE, TITI, t[=e]'t[=e], _n._ a South American squirrel-monkey.

TEETER, t[=e]'ter, _n._ (_U.S._) a see-saw.--_v.i._ to see-saw.

TEETH. See TOOTH.

TEETHING, t[=e]th'ing, _n._ the first growth of teeth, or the process by which they make their way through the gums.--_v.i._ TEETHE, to grow or cut the teeth.

TEETOTALER, t[=e]-t[=o]'tal-[.e]r, _n._ one pledged to entire abstinence from intoxicating drinks.--_adj._ TEET[=O]'TAL.--_n._ TEET[=O]'TALISM. [Prob. from a stammering pronunciation of the word _Total_ by Richard Turner of Preston in 1833.]

TEE-TOTUM, t[=e]-t[=o]'tum, _n._ a toy like a small top, twirled by the fingers.

TEFF, tef, _n._ an Abyssinian cereal-grass.

TEGMEN, teg'men, _n._ a covering: (_bot._) the endopleura or inner coat of the seed: (_anat._) the roof of the tympanic cavity of the ear: the covering of the posterior wing of some insects;--_pl._ TEG'MINA.--_adj._ TEG'MINAL. [L.]

TEGMENTUM, teg-men'tum, _n._ the scaly covering of the leaf-buds of deciduous trees.--_adj._ TEGMEN'TAL.

TEGULATED, teg-[=u]-l[=a]t'ed, _adj._ composed of plates overlapping like tiles.--_adj._ TEG'ULAR.--_adv._ TEG'U-LARLY. [L. _tegula_, a tile--_teg[)e]re_, to cover.]

TEGUMENT, teg'[=u]-ment, _n._ an integument.--_adjs._ TEGUMEN'TAL, TEGUMEN'TARY. [L. _tegumentum_--_teg[)e]re_, to cover.]

TEHEE, t[=e]'h[=e]', _n._ a laugh.--_v.i._ to titter. [Imit.]

TEIAN, TEAN, t[=e]'an, _adj._ pertaining to _Teos_ in ancient Ionia, or to the poet Anacreon, a native.

TE IGITUR, t[=e] ij'i-tur, _n._ the first paragraph of the eucharistic canon in the Roman liturgy.

TEIL, t[=e]l, _n._ the linden or lime tree: the terebinth. [O. Fr. _teil_--L. _tilia_.]

TEINDS, t[=e]ndz, _n.pl._ the name given in Scotland to tithes, or, strictly, to that part of the estates of the laity which is liable to be assessed for the stipend of the clergy of the established church.

TEINOSCOPE, t[=i]'n[=o]-sk[=o]p, _n._ an optical instrument consisting of two prisms so combined as to correct the chromatic aberration.

TEKNONYMY, tek-non'i-mi, _n._ the naming of the parent from the child.--_adj._ TEKNON'YMOUS. [Gr. _teknon_, a child, _onoma_, a name.]

TELA, t[=e]'la, _n._ a tissue:--_pl._ TELÆ (t[=e]'l[=e]).--_adjs._ T[=E]'LAR, pertaining to a tela, web, or tissue; TEL[=A]'RIAN, spinning a web.--_n._ a spinning spider.--_adj._ TEL'ARY, pertaining to a tela, woven, spun. [L.]

TELAMON, tel'a-mon, _n._ (_archit._) a man's figure bearing an entablature. [Gr. _telam[=o]n_, bearer.]

TELANGIECTASIA, te-lan-ji-ek-t[=a]'si-a, _n._ a dilation of the small arteries or capillaries--also TELANGIEC'TASIS.--_adj._ TELANGIECTAT'IC. [Gr. _telos_, the end, _angeion_, a vessel, _ektasis_, extension.]

TELAUTOGRAPH, te-law't[=o]-graf, _n._ a writing or copying telegraph, invented by Elisha Gray, for reproducing writings at a distance. [Gr. _t[=e]le_, far, _autos_, self, _graphein_, to write.]

TELD, teld, (_Spens._) told.

TELEDU, tel'e-d[=oo], _n._ the stinking badger of Java.

TELEGA, t[=e]-l[=a]'ga, _n._ a Russian cart without springs.

TELEGRAM, tel'e-gram, _n._ a message sent by telegraph.--_adj._ TELEGRAM'MIC, pertaining to a telegram, brief, succinct. [Gr. _t[=e]le_, at a distance, _gramma_, that which is written--_graphein_, to write.]

TELEGRAPH, tel'e-graf, _n._ an apparatus for transmitting intelligible messages to a distance, esp. by means of electricity.--_v.t._ to convey or announce by telegraph.--_ns._ TEL'EGRAPH-C[=A]'BLE, a cable containing wires for transmitting telegraphic messages; TEL'EGRAPHER (or t[=e]-leg'-), TEL'EGRAPHIST (or t[=e]-leg'-), one who works a telegraph.--_adjs._ TELEGRAPH'IC, -AL, pertaining to, or communicated by, a telegraph.--_adv._ TELEGRAPH'ICALLY, in a telegraphic manner: by means of the telegraph.--_ns._ TEL'EGRAPH-PLANT, an Indian leguminous plant, the small lateral leaflets of whose trifoliate leaves have a strange, spontaneous motion, jerking up and down (sometimes 180 times in a minute), as if signalling, and also rotate on their axes; TEL'EGRAPHY (or t[=e]-leg'-), the science or art of constructing or using telegraphs. [Gr. _t[=e]le_ at a distance, _graphein_ to write.]

TELEKINESIS, tel-[=e]-ki-n[=e]'sis, _n._ the production of motion without contact, through supra-physical causes, beyond the range of the senses.--_adj._ TELEKINET'IC. [Gr. _t[=e]le_, far, _kin[=e]sis_, movement.]

TELEMETER, t[=e]-lem'e-t[.e]r, _n._ an instrument for fixing distances in surveying, &c.--_adj._ TELEMET'RIC.--_n._ TELEM'ETRY. [Gr. _t[=e]le_, far, _metron_, measure.]

TELEOLOGY, tel-e-ol'[=o]-ji, _n._ the doctrine of the final causes of things.--_adjs._ TELEOLOG'IC, -AL.--_adv._ TELEOLOG'ICALLY.--_ns._ TELEOL'OGISM; TELEOL'OGIST. [Gr. _telos_, issue, _logos_, a discourse.]

TELEOSAURUS, t[=e]-l[=e]-[=o]-sawr'us, _n._ a genus of fossil saurians belonging to the Oolitic period.--_adj._ and _n._ TELEOSAU'RIAN. [Gr. _teleios_, perfect, _sauros_, a lizard.]

TELEOST, tel'[=e]-ost, _adj._ osseous.--_n._ an osseous fish--also TELEOS'TEAN. [Gr. _teleios_, complete, _osteon_, bone.]

TELEPATHY, tel'[=e]-path-i, or t[=e]-lep'a-thi, _n._ the supposed fact that communication is possible between mind and mind otherwise than through the known channels of the senses, as at a distance without external means.--_adj._ TELEPATH'IC.--_adv._ TELEPATH'ICALLY.--_v.t._ TEL'EPATHISE, to affect or act upon through telepathy.--_v.i._ to practise telepathy.--_n._ TEL'EPATHIST (or te-lep'-), one who believes in telepathy. [Gr. _t[=e]le_, far, _pathos_, feeling.]

TELEPHEME, tel'[=e]-f[=e]m, _n._ a telephonic message. [Gr. _t[=e]le_, far, _ph[=e]m[=e]_, a saying.]

TELEPHONE, tel'e-f[=o]n, _n._ an instrument for reproducing sound at a distance over a conducting wire or cord, esp. by means of electricity.--_v.t._ and _v.i._ to communicate by telephone.--_n._ TEL'EPH[=O]NER, one who uses a telephone.--_adj._ TELEPHON'IC.--_adv._ TELEPHON'ICALLY.--_ns._ TEL'EPH[=O]NIST, one who uses the telephone, one skilled in its use; TELEPH[=O]'NOGRAPH, an apparatus for recording a telephone message.--_adj._ TELEPHONOGRAPH'IC.--_n._ TEL'EPHONY, the art of telephoning. [Gr. _t[=e]le_, far, _ph[=o]n[=e]_, a sound.]

TELEPHOTE, tel'[=e]-f[=o]t, _n._ an instrument for reproducing images of objects at a distance by means of electricity.--_ns._ TELEPH[=O]'TOGRAPH, a picture so produced; TELEPHOTOG'RAPHY, the art of producing such--still a dream of the future. [Gr. _t[=e]le_, far, _ph[=o]s_, _ph[=o]tos_, light.]

TELEPLASTIC, tel-[=e]-plas'tik, _adj._ pertaining to the materialisation of spiritualistic phenomena.--Also TELESOMAT'IC. [Gr. _t[=e]le_, far, _plassein_, to form.]

TELERPETON, t[=e]-l[.e]r'pe-ton, _n._ a remarkable genus of fossil reptiles of the Mesozoic period. [Gr. _t[=e]le_, far, _herpeton_, a reptile.]

TELESCOPE, tel'e-sk[=o]p, _n._ an optical instrument for viewing objects at a distance.--_v.t._ to drive together so that one thing, as a railway-carriage in a collision, slides into another like the movable joints of a spyglass.--_v.i._ to be forced into each other in such a way.--_adjs._ TELESCOP'IC, -AL, pertaining to, performed by, or like a telescope: seen only by a telescope.--_adv._ TELESCOP'ICALLY.--_adj._ TEL'ESCOPIFORM.--_ns._ TEL'ESCOPIST, one who uses the telescope; TEL'ESCOPY (or t[=e]-les'-), the art of constructing or of using the telescope. [Fr.,--Gr. _t[=e]le_, at a distance, _skopein_, to see.]

TELESEME, tel'[=e]-s[=e]m, _n._ a system of electric signalling for the automatic transmission of different signals, in use in large hotels, for police alarms, &c. [Gr. _t[=e]le_, far, _s[=e]ma_, a sign.]

TELESIA, t[=e]-l[=e]'si-a, _n._ the sapphire. [Gr. _telesios_, finishing--_telos_, the end.]

TELESPECTROSCOPE, tel-[=e]-spek'tr[=o]-sk[=o]p, _n._ a combined astronomical telescope and spectroscope.

TELESTEREOSCOPE, tel-[=e]-ster'[=e]-[=o]-sk[=o]p, _n._ an optical instrument presenting distant objects in relief.

TELESTIC, t[=e]-les'tik, _adj._ pertaining to the final end. [Gr. _telos_, an end.]

TELESTICH, tel'[=e]-stik, _n._ a poem in which the final letters of the lines make a name.

TELETHERMOGRAPH, tel-[=e]-ther'm[=o]-graf, _n._ a self-registering telethermometer.

TELETHERMOMETER, tel-[=e]-ther-mom'e-t[.e]r, _n._ thermometer that records its temperature at a distance.

TELEUTOSPORE, t[=e]-l[=u]'t[=o]-sp[=o]r, _n._ a thick-walled winter spore of the rust-fungi (_Uredineæ_), producing on germination a promycelium. [Gr. _teleut[=e]_ completion, spora, _seed_.]

TELIC, tel'ik; _adj._ denoting a final end or purpose.

TELL, tel, _v.t._ to number or give an account of: to utter: to narrate: to disclose: to inform: to discern: to explain.--_v.i._ to give an account: to produce or take effect: to chat, gossip: to tell tales, play the informer:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ t[=o]ld.--_adj._ TELL'ABLE, capable of being told.--_ns._ TELL'ER, one who tells or counts: a clerk whose duty it is to receive and pay money; TELL'ERSHIP, the office of a teller.--_p.adj._ TELL'ING, having great effect.--_adv._ TELL'INGLY, in a telling or effective manner.--_n._ TELL'-TALE, one who tells tales: one who officiously tells the private concerns of others: an indication or an indicator, as an automatic instrument: a bird of genus _Totanus_, a tattler.--_adj._ given to reveal secrets, blabbing: apparent, openly seen: giving warning.--TELL OFF, to count off: to detach on some special duty. [A.S. _tellan_; Ice. _telja_, Ger. _zählen_, to number.]

TELLURAL, tel'[=u]-ral, _adj._ pertaining to the earth.

TELLURIUM, te-l[=u]'ri-um, _n._ an element by some classed as a metal, placed by others among the metalloids, brittle and crystalline, of high metallic lustre, bluish-white in colour, with close analogies to sulphur and selenium.--_n._ TEL'LURATE, a salt of telluric acid.--_adjs._ TEL'L[=U]RETTED, combined with tellurium; TELL[=U]'RIAN, pertaining to the earth.--_n._ an inhabitant of the earth.--_adj._ TELL[=U]'RIC, pertaining to, or proceeding from, the earth: of or from tellurium.--_n._ TEL'LURIDE, a compound of tellurium with an electro-positive element.--_adjs._ TELL[=U]RIF'EROUS, containing tellurium; TEL'L[=U]ROUS, pertaining to tellurium. [L. _tellus_, _telluris_, the earth.]

TELOTYPE, tel'[=o]-t[=i]p, _n._ a printing electric telegraph: an automatically printed telegram.

TELPHER, tel'f[.e]r, _adj._ pertaining to a system of telpherage.--_n._ TEL'PHERAGE, a term coined by Prof. Fleeming Jenkin for a system of electric traction developed on an absolute automatic block system, the presence of a train on one section cutting off the supply of electric energy to the section behind, any mode of transport effected automatically with the aid of electricity. [Framed from _tel_(egraph)--Gr. _t[=e]le_, far, _pherein_, to carry.]

TELSON, tel'son, _n._ the last somite of the pleon or abdomen of certain crustaceans and arachnidans. [Gr. _telson_, a boundary.]

TELUGU, tel'[=oo]-g[=oo], _n._ the language spoken in the north-western portion of the Dravidian area inhabited by the _Telingas_.--Also TEL'OOGOO.

TEMED, t[=e]md, _adj._ (_Spens._) yoked in a team.

TEMENOS, tem'e-nos, _n._ a piece of land marked off from common uses and dedicated to a god, a precinct. [Gr.,--_temnein_, to cut off.]

TEMERITY, te-m[.e]r'i-ti, _n._ rashness: unreasonable contempt for danger.--_adj._ TEMER[=A]'RIOUS (_obs._), rash, reckless.--_adv._ TEMER[=A]'RIOUSLY.--_adj._ TEM'EROUS, rash.--_adv._ TEM'EROUSLY. [Fr. _témérité_--L. _temeritas_--_temere_, by chance, rashly.]

TEMEWISE, t[=e]m'w[=i]z, _adv._ (_Spens._) like a team.

TEMPEAN, tem-p[=e]'an, _adj._ pertaining to, or resembling, _Tempe_, a valley in Thessaly, praised by the classic poets for its matchless beauty: beautiful: delightful.

TEMPER, tem'p[.e]r, _v.t._ to mix in due proportion: to modify by blending or mixture: to moderate: to soften: to bring to a proper degree of hardness and elasticity, as steel: to amend or adjust, as a false or imperfect concord.--_n._ due mixture or balance or different or contrary qualities: state of a metal as to hardness, &c.: constitution of the body: constitutional frame or state of mind, esp. with regard to feelings, disposition, temperament, mood: passion, irritation: calmness or moderation: in sugar-works lime or other substance used to neutralise the acidity of cane-juice.--_adjs._ TEM'PERABLE, capable of being tempered; TEM'PERED, having a certain specified disposition or temper: brought to a certain temper, as steel: (_mus._) tuned or adjusted to some mean, or to equal, temperament.--_adv._ TEM'PEREDLY.--_ns._ TEM'PERER; TEM'PERING, the process of giving the required degree of hardness or softness to iron or steel, by heating to redness and cooling in different ways. [L. _temper[=a]re_, to combine properly, allied to _tempus_, time.]

TEMPERA, tem'pe-rä, _n._ (_paint._) same as DISTEMPER.

TEMPERAMENT, tem'p[.e]r-a-ment, _n._ state with respect to the predominance of any quality: internal constitution or state: disposition, one of the peculiarities of physical and mental organisation which to a certain extent influence our thoughts and actions--_choleric_ or _bilious_, _lymphatic_, _nervous_, _sanguine_: the adjustment of imperfect concords, so that the difference between two contiguous sounds is reduced to a minimum and the two appear identical--a system of compromise in the tuning of keyed instruments.--_adj._ TEMPERAMEN'TAL.--_adv._ TEMPERAMEN'TALLY. [L. _temperamentum_--_temper[=a]re_.]

TEMPERANCE, tem'p[.e]r-ans, _n._ moderation, esp. in the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions--in a narrower sense, moderation in the use of alcoholic liquors, and even entire abstinence from such.--TEMPERANCE HOTEL, one which professes to supply no alcoholic liquors; TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT, a political agitation for the restriction or abolition of the use of alcoholic liquors; TEMPERANCE SOCIETY, usually an association of total-abstainers from alcoholic liquors. [L. _temperantia_.]

TEMPERATE, tem'p[.e]r-[=a]t, _adj._ moderate in degree of any quality, esp. in the appetites and passions, self-restrained: calm: cool, mild, moderate in temperature: abstemious.--_adv._ TEM'PERATELY.--_n._ TEM'PERATENESS.--_adj._ TEM'PERATIVE.--_n._ TEM'PERATURE, constitution: proportion: degree of any quality, esp. of heat or cold in weather or climate: the thermal condition of a body which determines the interchange of heat between it and other bodies: state of a living body with respect to sensible heat.--TEMPERATE ZONES, the parts of the earth of more cool and equable temperature lying between the tropics and the polar circles--the _North Temperate Zone_ being the space between the tropic of Cancer and the arctic circle; the _South Temperate Zone_, that between the tropic of Capricorn and the antarctic circle.

TEMPEST, tem'pest, _n._ wind rushing with great velocity, usually with rain or snow: a violent storm: any violent commotion.--_adjs._ TEM'PEST-BEAT'EN; TEM'PEST-TOST (_Shak._), driven about by storms; TEMPES'T[=U]OUS, resembling, or pertaining to, a tempest: very stormy: turbulent.--_adv._ TEMPES'T[=U]OUSLY.--_n._ TEMPES'T[=U]OUSNESS.--TEMPEST IN A TEA-POT, a great disturbance over a trivial matter. [O. Fr. _tempeste_--L. _tempestas_, a season, tempest--_tempus_, time.]

TEMPLAR, tem'plar, _n._ one of a religious and military order founded in 1119 for the protection of the Holy Sepulchre and pilgrims going thither--extinguished, 1307-14, in one of the darkest tragedies of history: a student or lawyer living in the Temple, London.--GOOD TEMPLAR, a member of a teetotal society whose organisation is a travesty of that of the Freemasons. [Orig. called 'Poor fellow-soldiers of Christ and of the _Temple_ of Solomon,' from their first headquarters in the palace of King Baldwin II., which was built on the site of the temple of Solomon, close to the church of the Holy Sepulchre.]

TEMPLATE, tem'pl[=a]t, _n._ a mould in wood or metal, showing the outline or profile of mouldings, and from which the workmen execute the moulding.--Also TEM'PLET. [Low L. _templatus_, vaulted--L. _templum_, a small timber.]

TEMPLE, tem'pl, _n._ an edifice erected to a deity or for religious purposes: a place of worship: in London, two inns of court, once occupied by the Knights Templars. [L. _templum_, prob. for _temulum_, a space marked out for religious purposes, dim. of _tempus_, a piece cut off.]

TEMPLE, tem'pl, _n._ the flat portion of either side of the head above the cheekbone.--_adj._ TEM'PORAL, pertaining to the temples. [O. Fr. _temple_--L. _tempora_, the temples, pl. of _tempus_, time.]

TEMPO, tem'p[=o], _n._ (_mus._) time, relative rapidity of rhythm. [It.]

TEMPORAL, tem'por-al, _adj._ pertaining to time, esp. to this life or world--opposed to eternal: worldly, secular, or civil--opposed to sacred or ecclesiastical.--_n._ TEMPORAL'ITY, what pertains to temporal welfare: (_pl._) secular possessions, revenues of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tithes, and the like.--_adv._ TEM'PORALLY.--_n._ TEM'PORALNESS.--_adv._ TEM'PORARILY.--_n._ TEM'PORARINESS.--_adjs._ TEM'PORARY, TEMPOR[=A]'NEOUS, for a time only: transient.--_n._ TEMPORIS[=A]'TION.--_v.i._ TEM'PORISE, to comply with the time or occasion: to yield to circumstances.--_ns._ TEM'PORISER; TEM'PORISING.--_adv._ TEM'PORISINGLY. [Fr.,--L. _tempus_, time.]

TEMPT, temt, _v.t._ to put to trial: to test: to try to persuade, esp. to evil: to entice.--_adj._ TEMP'TABLE.--_ns._ TEMP'TABLENESS; TEMPT[=A]'TION, act of tempting: state of being tempted: that which tempts: enticement to evil: trial.--_adj._ TEMPT[=A]'TIOUS, seductive.--_n._ TEMP'TER, one who tempts, esp. the devil:--_fem._ TEMP'TRESS.--_adj._ TEMP'TING, adapted to tempt or entice.--_adv._ TEMP'TINGLY.--_n._ TEMP'TINGNESS. [O. Fr. _tempter_ (Fr. _tenter_)--L. _tent[=a]re_, an inten. of _tend[)e]re_, to stretch.]

TEMSE, TEMS, tems, _n._ a sieve.--_v.t._ to sift. [Cf. Dut. _tems_.]

TEMULENCE, tem'[=u]-lens, _n._ intoxication--also TEM'ULENCY.--_adj._ TEM'ULENT.--_adv._ TEM'ULENTLY. [L. _temulentus_, drunk.]

TEN, ten, _adj._ twice five.--_n._ a figure denoting ten units, as 10 or x.: a playing-card with ten spots: ten o'clock in the morning or evening.--_n._ UP'PER-TEN (see under UPPER). [A.S. _tén_, _tíen_; Ger. _zehn_, W. _deg_, L. _decem_, Gr. _deka_, Sans. _daçan_.]

TENABLE, ten'a-bl, _adj._ capable of being retained, kept, or defended.--_ns._ TENABIL'ITY, TEN'ABLENESS, the state or quality of being tenable. [Fr. _tenable_, from _tenir_--L. _ten[=e]re_, to hold.]

TENACE, ten'[=a]s, _n._ at whist, a holding of the first and third best cards (_major tenace_), or the second and fourth best cards (_minor tenace_), in a suit. [Fr.]

TENACIOUS, t[=e]-n[=a]'shus, _adj._ retaining or holding fast: apt to stick: stubborn.--_adv._ TEN[=A]'CIOUSLY.--_ns._ TEN[=A]'CIOUSNESS, TENAC'ITY, quality of being tenacious: the quality of bodies which makes them stick to others. [L. _tenax_--_ten[=e]re_.]

TENACULUM, t[=e]-nak'[=u]-lum, _n._ a surgical hooked instrument for drawing out a divided blood-vessel to be tied.

TENAILLE, te-n[=a]l', _n._ (_fort._) an outwork in the main ditch immediately in front of the curtain, of great use for protecting the ditch, covering the postern from the enemy's view, &c.--_n._ TENAILLON (te-nal'yon), a work to strengthen the side of a small ravelin, and to support the shoulder of the bastion. [Fr.,--L. _tenaculum_, a holder--_ten[=e]re_, to hold.]

TENANT, ten'ant, _n._ one who holds or possesses land or property under another, the payments and services which he owes to his superior constituting his tenure: one who has, on certain conditions, temporary possession of any place, an occupant.--_v.t._ to hold as a tenant.--_n._ TEN'ANCY, a holding by private ownership: a temporary holding of land or property by a tenant.--_adj._ TEN'ANTABLE, fit to be tenanted: in a state of repair suitable for a tenant.--_n._ TEN'ANT-FARM'ER, a farmer who rents a farm from the landlord.--_adj._ TEN'ANTLESS, without a tenant.--_ns._

TEN'ANT-RIGHT, the customary right of the tenant to sit continuously at a reasonable rent, and to receive compensation for his interest from the incoming tenant, and for all permanent or unexhausted improvements from the landlord; TEN'ANTRY, the body of tenants on an estate. [Fr. _tenant_--L. _tenens_, pr.p. of _ten[=e]re_, to hold.]

TENCH, tensh, _n._ a fresh-water fish, of the carp family, very tenacious of life. [O. Fr. _tenche_ (Fr. _tanche_)--L. _tinca_.]

TEND, tend, _v.t._ to accompany as assistant or protector: to take care of, to be attentive to, to wait upon so as to execute.--_ns._ TEN'DANCE (_Spens._), state of expectation: (_Shak._) act of waiting or tending, also persons attendant; TEN'DER, a small vessel that attends a larger with stores, &c.: a carriage attached to locomotives to supply fuel and water. [Contracted from _attend_.]

TEND, tend, _v.i._ to stretch, aim at, move, or incline in a certain direction: to be directed to any end or purpose: to contribute.--_n._ TEN'DENCY, direction, object, or result to which anything tends: inclination: drift. [Fr. _tendre_--L. _tend[)e]re_; Gr. _teinein_, to stretch.]

TENDER, ten'd[.e]r, _v.t._ to stretch out or offer for acceptance, esp. to offer to supply certain commodities for a certain period at rates specified.--_n._ an offer or proposal, esp. of some service, also the paper containing it: the thing offered, the actual production and formal offer of a sum due in legal money, or an offer of services to be performed, in order to save the consequences of non-payment or non-performance.

TENDER, ten'd[.e]r, _adj._ soft, delicate: easily impressed or injured: not hardy: fragile: weak and feeble: easily moved to pity, love, &c.: careful not to injure (with _of_): unwilling to cause pain: apt to cause pain: pathetic, expressive of the softer passions: compassionate, loving, affectionate: young and inexperienced: weakly in health: delicate, requiring careful handling: quick, keen: apt to lean over under sail.--_n._ TEN'DER-FOOT, one not yet hardened to life in the prairie, mining-camp, &c.: a new-comer.--_adj._ TEN'DER-HEART'ED, full of feeling.--_adv._ TEN'DER-HEART'EDLY.--_n._ TEN'DER-HEART'EDNESS.--_adj._ TEN'DER-HEFT'ED (_Shak._), having great tenderness.--_ns._ TEN'DERLING, one too much coddled, an effeminate fellow: one of the first horns of a deer; TEN'DER-LOIN, the tenderest part of the loin of beef, pork, &c., lying close to the ventral side of the lumbar vertebræ.--_adv._ TEN'DERLY.--_n._ TEN'DERNESS. [Fr. _tendre_--L. _tener_, allied to _tenuis_, thin.]

TENDON, ten'don, _n._ the white fibrous tissue reaching from the end of a muscle to bone or some other structure which is to serve as a fixed attachment for it, or which it is intended to move--_funicular_, as the long tendon of the biceps muscle of the arm; _fascicular_, as the short tendon of that muscle, and as most tendons generally; _aponeurotic_, tendinous expansions, as the tendons of the abdominal muscles--L. TEN'DO:--_pl._ TEN'DINES.--_adj._ TEN'DINOUS, consisting of, containing, or resembling tendons: full of tendons: sinewy.--_ns._ TENOG'RAPHY, the description of tendons; TENOL'OGY, that part of anatomy which relates to tendons; TENOT'OMY, the surgical operation of dividing a tendon. [Fr. _tendon_--L. _tend[)e]re_, to stretch; cf. Gr. _ten[=o]n_--_teinein_, to stretch.]

TENDRIL, ten'dril, _n._ a slender, spiral shoot of a plant by which it attaches itself for support.--_adj._ clasping or climbing.--_adj._ TEN'DRILLED. [O. Fr. _tendrillons_, _tendre_--L. _tener_, tender.]

TENEBROUS, ten'e-brus, _adj._ dark: gloomy--also TEN'EBROSE.--_n.pl._ TENEBRÆ (ten'e-br[=e]), an office held by Roman Catholics on Good Friday and the preceding two days, consisting of the matins and lauds of the following day. During it the church is gradually darkened by the putting out of all the candles but one, which for a time (as a symbol of our Lord's death and burial) is hidden at the Epistle corner of the altar.--_adj._ TENEBRIF'IC, producing darkness.--_ns._ T[=E]NEB'RIO, a genus of beetles, including the meal-worm; TENEBROS'ITY, darkness. [L. _tenebrosus_--_tenebræ_, darkness.]

TENEMENT, ten'e-ment, _n._ anything held, or that may be held, by a tenant: a dwelling or habitation, or part of it, used by one family: one of a set of apartments in one building, each occupied by a separate family.--_adjs._ TENEMENT'AL; TENEMENT'ARY.

TENENDUM, t[=e]-nen'dum, _n._ that clause in a deed wherein the tenure of the land is defined and limited. [L., neut. of _tenendus_, ger. of _ten[=e]re_, to hold.]

TENESMUS, t[=e]-nes'mus, _n._ the term applied in medicine to a straining and painful effort to relieve the bowels when no fæcal matter is present in the rectum, the effort being caused by some adjacent source of irritation.--_adj._ TENES'MIC.

TENET, ten'et, _n._ any opinion, principle, or doctrine which a person holds or maintains as true. [L. _tenet_, he holds--_ten[=e]re_, to hold.]

TENFOLD, ten'f[=o]ld, _adj._ ten times folded: ten times more.

TENIOID=_Tænioid_.

TENNÉ, te-n[=a]', _n._ (_her._) an orange-brown tincture. [_Tawny_.]

TENNER, ten'[.e]r, _n._ (_slang_) a ten-pound note.

TENNIS, ten'is, _n._ an ancient game for two to four persons, played with ball and rackets within a building specially constructed for the purpose: lawn-tennis (q.v.), a modern imitation of the former.--_ns._ TENN'IS-BALL, a ball used in the game of tennis; TENN'IS-COURT, a place or court for playing at tennis. [Skeat suggests O. Fr. _tenies_, pl. of _tenie_, a fillet--L. _tænia_.]

TENON, ten'un, _n._ a projection at the end of a piece of wood inserted into the socket or mortise of another, to hold the two together.--_v.t._ to fit with tenons.--_ns._ TEN'ONER, a machine for forming tenons; TEN'ON-SAW, a thin back-saw for tenons, &c. [Fr. _tenon_--_tenir_, to hold--L. _ten[=e]re_.]

TENOR, ten'ur, _n._ continuity of state: general run or currency: purport: the higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males: the part next above the bass in a vocal quartet: one who sings tenor.--_adj._ pertaining to the tenor in music.--_ns._ TEN'OR-CLEF, the C clef, placed on the fourth line; TEN'ORIST. [L. _tenor_--_ten[=e]re_, to hold.]

TENPENNY, ten'pen-i, _adj._ worth or sold at tenpence.

TENPINS, ten'pinz, _n._ a game played in a bowling-alley, the aim being to bowl down ten pins set up at the far end.

TENREC, ten'rek, _n._ a genus of _Insectivora_, of one species, 12 to 16 inches long, with squat body and hardly any tail, found in Madagascar and Mauritius.--Also TAN'REC. [Malagasy.]

TENSE, tens, _n._ time in grammar, the form of a verb to indicate the time of the action. [O. Fr. _tens_ (Fr. _temps_)--L. _tempus_, time.]

TENSE, tens, _adj._ strained to stiffness: rigid.--_adv._ TENSE'LY.--_ns._ TENSE'NESS, state of being tense; TENSIBIL'ITY, TENSIL'ITY, quality of being tensile.--_adjs._ TEN'SIBLE, TEN'SILE, capable of being stretched.--_ns._ TEN'SION, act of stretching: state of being stretched or strained: strain: effort: strain in the direction of the length, or the degree of it: mental strain, excited feeling: a strained state of any kind; TEN'SION-ROD, a rod in a structure holding together different parts; TEN'SITY, tenseness: state of being tense.--_adj._ TEN'SIVE, giving the sensation of tenseness or stiffness.--_n._ TEN'SOR, a muscle that tightens a part. [L. _tensus_, pa.p. of _tend[)e]re_, to stretch.]

TENSON, ten'son, _n._ a competition in verse between two troubadours before a tribunal of love, also a subdivision of the chanson composed at such.--Also TEN'ZON. [Fr.,--L. _tensio_, a struggle.]

TENT, tent, _n._ a portable lodge or shelter, generally of canvas stretched on poles: a plug or roll of lint used to dilate a wound or opening in the flesh--_v.t._ to probe: to keep open with a tent.--_ns._ TENT'-BED, a bed having a canopy hanging from a central point overhead; TENT'-CLOTH, canvas, duck, &c. suitable for tents.--_adj._ TEN'TED, covered with tents.--_ns._ TEN'TER, one who lives in a tent; TENT'-FLY, an external piece of canvas stretched above the ridge-pole of a tent, shading from sun or shielding from rain; TENT'FUL, as many as a tent will hold; TENT'-GUY, an additional rope for securing a tent against a storm.--_adjs._ TEN'TIFORM, shaped like a tent; TEN'TING (_Keats_), having the form of a tent.--_ns._ TENT'-MAK'ER, one who makes tents; TENT'-PEG, -PIN, a strong peg of notched wood, or of iron, driven into the ground to fasten one of the ropes of a tent to; TENT'-PEG'GING, a favourite cavalry exercise in India, in which the competitor, riding at full speed, tries to bear off a tent-peg on the point of a lance; TENT'-POLE, one of the poles used in pitching a tent; TENT'-ROPE, one of the ropes by which a tent is secured to the tent-pins, generally one for each breadth of the canvas; TENT'-STITCH, in worsted and embroidery, a series of parallel diagonal stitches--also _Petit point_; TENT'-WORK, work produced by embroidering with tent-stitch. [Fr. _tente_--Low L. _tenta_--L. _tend[)e]re_, to stretch.]

TENT, tent, _n._ a Spanish wine of a deep-red colour. [Sp. _tinto_, deep-coloured--L. _tinctus_, pa.p. of _ting[)e]re_, to dye.]

TENT, tent, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to take heed.--_v.i._ to be careful.--_n._ care, watchfulness. [Same as _Intent_.]

TENTACLE, ten'ta-kl, _n._ a thread-like organ of certain insects for feeling or motion.--_adjs._ TEN'TACLED; TENTAC'[=U]LAR; TENTAC'[=U]LATE; TENTACULIF'EROUS.--_n._ TENTAC'[=U]LITE, a genus of annulated tapering shells, found abundantly in Silurian and Devonian strata. [Fr. _tentacule_--L. _tent[=a]re_, to feel--_tend[)e]re_, to stretch.]

TENTATION, ten-t[=a]'shun, _n._ old form of _temptation_.

TENTATIVE, ten'ta-tiv, _adj._ trying: experimental.--_n._ any attempt, conjecture.--_adv._ TEN'TATIVELY. [Fr.,--Late L.,--L. _tent[=a]re_, to try--_tend[)e]re_, to stretch.]

TENTER, ten't[.e]r, _n._ a machine for extending or stretching cloth on by hooks.--_v.t._ to stretch on hooks.--_n._ TEN'TER-HOOK, a sharp, hooked nail, anything that gives torture.--BE ON TENTER-HOOKS, to be on the stretch: to be in suspense or anxiety. [Fr. _tenture_--L. _tentura_--_tend[)e]re_, to stretch.]

TENTER, ten't[.e]r, _n._ one who has charge of something.--_adj._ TEN'TY, attentive.

TENTH, tenth, _adj._ the last of ten: next in order after the ninth.--_n._ one of ten equal parts.--_adv._ TENTH'LY, in the tenth place.

TENTIGO, ten-t[=i]'g[=o], _n._ morbid lasciviousness.--_adj._ TENTIG'INOUS.

TENTORIUM, ten-t[=o]'ri-um, _n._ a sheet of the dura mater stretched between the cerebrum and the cerebellum.--_adj._ TENT[=O]'RIAL. [L., 'a tent'--_tend[)e]re_, to stretch.]

TENTURE, ten't[=u]r, _n._ hangings for walls.

TENUITY, te-n[=u]'i-ti, _n._ thinness: smallness of diameter: slenderness: rarity.--_v.t._ TEN'[=U]ATE, to make tenuous.--_adj._ TEN[=U]IROS'TRAL, slender-billed, as a bird of the TEN[=U]IROS'TRES, a large division of passerine birds including humming-birds, nuthatches, &c.--_adj._ TEN'[=U]OUS, thin, slender. [L. _tenuitas_--_tenuis_, thin, slender; cf. _tend[)e]re_, to stretch.]

TENURE, ten'[=u]r, _n._ a general name for the conditions on which land is held by the persons who occupy and use it. [Fr. _tenure_--Low L. _tenura_--L. _ten[=e]re_, to hold.]

TENUTO, te-n[=oo]'t[=o], _adj._ (_mus._) sustained--opp. to _Staccato_. [It.]

TEOCALLI, te-[=o]-kal'li, _n._ one of the temples of the aborigines of Central America, which were erected on the top of a four-sided pyramid, and the remains of which are chiefly found in Mexico.

TEPEFY, tep'[=e]-f[=i], _v.t._ to make tepid or moderately warm:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ tep'ef[=i]ed.--_n._ TEPEFAC'TION, act of making tepid or lukewarm. [L. _tepefac[)e]re_--_tep[=e]re_, to be warm, _fac[)e]re_, to make.]

TEPHRITE, tef'r[=i]t, _n._ a name applied to certain modern volcanic rocks.--_adj._ TEPHRIT'IC.--_ns._ TEPH'RITOID, a variety of tephrite; TEPHI'ROITE, a reddish silicate of manganese.

TEPHROMANCY, tef'r[=o]-man-si, _n._ divination from the inspection of the ashes of a sacrifice.--Also TEPH'RAMANCY. [Gr. _tephra_, ashes, _manteia_, divination.]

TEPID, tep'id, _adj._ moderately warm: lukewarm.--_ns._ TEPID[=A]'RIUM, an intermediate chamber in a Roman series of bathrooms, moderately hot: a boiler in which the water was heated: any room containing a warm bath; TEPID'ITY, TEP'IDNESS, lukewarmness; TEP'OR, gentle heat. [L. _tepidus_--_tep[=e]re_, to be warm.]

TER, t[.e]r, _adv._ thrice. [L.]

TERAMORPHOUS, ter-a-mor'fus, _adj._ monstrous in form or nature. [Gr. _teras_, a monster, _morph[=e]_, form.]

TERAPHIM, ter'a-fim, _n.pl._ a Hebrew word of uncertain derivation, denoting a certain kind of images, idols, or household gods, of a human figure, associated with divination, and commonly used in the popular worship:--sing. TER'APH. [Heb.]

TERATOLOGY, ter-a-tol'[=o]-ji, _n._ the study of malformations or abnormal growths, animal or vegetable.--_adj._ TERATOGEN'IC, producing monsters.--_n._ TERATOG'ENY, the production of monsters.--_adjs._ TER'ATOID, monstrous; TERATOLOG'IC, -AL, pertaining to teratology.--_ns._ TERATOL'OGIST, one skilled in teratology; TERAT[=O]'MA, an anomalous congenital tumour, often containing many different tissues.--_adj._ TERAT[=O]'MATOUS.--_n._ TERAT[=O]'SIS, monstrosity. [Gr. _teras_, _teratos_, a monster.]

TERBIUM, ter'bi-um, _n._ a rare metal found in certain yttrium minerals.--_adj._ TER'BIC.

TERCE, t[.e]rs, _n._ (_Scots law_) a widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property: the office of the third hour, which should be said between sunrise and noon. [_Tierce_.]

TERCEL, t[.e]rs'el, _n._ Same as TIERCEL.

TERCENTENARY, t[.e]r-sen'te-n[=a]-ri, _adj._ including or relating to an interval of three hundred years.--_n._ the 300th anniversary of anything.--_adj._ TERCENTEN'NIAL.

TERCET, ter'set, _n._ a triplet.

TERCINE, ter'sin, _n._ (_bot._) a layer of the primine coat of an ovule.

TEREBENE, ter'[=e]-b[=e]n, _n._ a light-yellow liquid, obtained by treating oil of turpentine with sulphuric acid, used as a disinfectant.--_adj._ TEREB'IC, pertaining to turpentine.--_n._ TER'EBINTH, the turpentine-tree.--_adj._ TEREBINTH'INE. [L.,--Gr. _terebinthos_.]

TEREBRA, ter'[=e]-bra, _n._ a Roman engine for making a breach in a wall: the borer or ovipositor of various insects.--_adj._ TER'EBRANT.--_n._ a borer, a bore.--_v.t._ TER'EBR[=A]TE, to bore.--_adj._ provided with a borer.--_n._ TEREBR[=A]'TION. [L.]

TEREBRATULA, ter-[=e]-brat'[=u]-la, _n._ a genus of deep-sea Brachiopods, from the form of the ventral valve of their shell termed Lamp-shells.--_n._ TEREBRAT'ULID, one of this genus.--_adj._ TEREBRAT'[=U]LIFORM.--_n._ TEREBRAT'ULITE, a fossil terebratulid.--_adj._ TEREBRAT'[=U]LOID (also _n._).

TEREDO, t[=e]-r[=e]'do, _n._ the ship-worm, a worm very destructive in boring into wood.--Also TER'EDINE. [L.,--Gr. _ter[=e]d[=o]n_, from _teirein_, to wear away.]

TEREK, ter'ek, _n._ a kind of sandpiper, of the genus TER[=E]'KIA.

TERENTIAN, ter-en'shi-an, _adj._ pertaining to the Roman comic poet _Terence_, P. Terentius Afer (b. 195 B.C.).

TERES, t[=e]'r[=e]z, _n._ a terete muscle.--_adjs._ TERETE', cylindrical and tapering, columnar; TERETICAU'DATE, round-tailed. [L. _teres_, _ter[)e]tis_, smooth, _ter[)e]re_, to rub.]

TERGAL, ter'gal, _adj._ pertaining to the back, dorsal.--_adjs._ TER'GANT (_her._), turning the back, recursant; TERGIF'EROUS, bearing on the back.--_n._ TER'GITE, the tergum or back of one of the somites or segments of an arthropod, &c.--_adj._ TERGIT'IC.--_n._ TER'GUM, the back, dorsum, or notum, as of an arthropod:--_pl._ TER'GA. [L. _tergum_, the back.]

TERGEMINATE, ter-jem'i-n[=a]t, _adj._ thrice double.--Also TERGEM'INAL, TERGEM'INOUS.

TERGIVERSATION, t[.e]r-ji-v[.e]r-s[=a]'shun, _n._ a shuffling or shifting: subterfuge: fickleness of conduct.--_v.i._ TER'GIVERSATE, to practise or use evasion.--_n._ TER'GIVERS[=A]TOR. [L., from _tergum_, the back, _vers[=a]ri_, to turn.]

TERM, t[.e]rm, _n._ any limited period: the time for which anything lasts: the time during which the courts of law are open: certain days on which rent is paid: that by which a thought is expressed, a word or expression: a condition or arrangement (gener. in _pl._): (_alg._) a member of a compound quantity.--_v.t._ to apply a term to: to name or call.--_n._ TERM'ER, one who attends a court term, often with the sense of a shifty rogue: one holding an estate for a term of years--also TERM'OR.--_adj._ TERMINOLOG'ICAL.--_adv._ TERMINOLOGY'ICALLY.--_n._ TERMINOL'OGY, doctrine of terms: the terms used in any art, science, &c.--_adj._ TERM'LESS, having no term or end: (_Spens._) unlimited, boundless.--_adv._ TERM'LY, term by term.--BE ON TERMS WITH, to be on friendly relations with; BRING TO TERMS, to compel to the acceptance of conditions; COME TO TERMS, to come to an agreement: to submit; EAT ONE'S TERMS (see EAT); IN TERMS OF, in the language peculiar to anything, in modes of; KEEP A TERM, to give the regular attendance during a period of study; MAJOR TERM, in a syllogism, that which is the predicate of the conclusion; the MINOR TERM, that which is the subject of the conclusion; MAKE TERMS, to come to an agreement; SPEAK IN TERMS, to speak plainly; STAND UPON ONE'S TERMS (_with_), to insist upon conditions. [Fr. _terme_--L. _terminus_, a boundary.]

TERMA, ter'ma, _n._ the terminal lamina of the brain.--_adj._ TERMAT'IC.--_n._ the termatic artery. [Gr., 'a limit.']

TERMAGANT, t[.e]r'ma-gant, _n._ a boisterous, bold woman.--_adj._ boisterous: brawling: tumultuous.--_n._ TER'MAGANCY, state or quality of being a termagant: turbulence.--_adv._ TER'MAGANTLY. [M. E. _Termagant_ or _Tervagant_, a supposed Mohammedan idol, represented in the old plays and moralities as of a violent character--O. Fr. _Tervagant_, _Tervagan_--It. _Trivigante_, perh. from the moon as wandering under three names of _Selene_ (_Luna_) in heaven, _Artemis_ (_Diana_) on earth, and _Persephone_ (_Proserpine_) in the lower world.]

TERMES, t[.e]r'm[=e]z, _n._ a genus of pseudoneuropterous insects. [_Termite_.]

TERMINATE, t[.e]r'min-[=a]t, _v.t._ to set a limit to: to set the boundary: to put an end to: to finish.--_v.i._ to be limited: to end either in space or time: to close.--_adj._ TER'MINABLE, that may be limited: that may terminate or cease.--_n._ TER'MINABLENESS.--_adj._ TER'MINAL, pertaining to, or growing at, the end or extremity: ending a series or part: occurring in every term.--_n.pl._ TERMIN[=A]'LIA, an annual Roman festival in honour of _Terminus_, the god of boundaries.--_adv._ TER'MINALLY.--_n._ TERMIN[=A]'TION, act of terminating or ending: limit: end: result: the ending of words as varied by their signification.--_adjs._ TERMIN[=A]'TIONAL, pertaining to, or forming, a termination; TER'MIN[=A]TIVE, tending to terminate or determine: absolute.--_adv._ TER'MIN[=A]TIVELY.--_n._ TER'MIN[=A]TOR, one who, or that which, terminates: the boundary between the illuminated and dark portions of the moon or of a planet.--_adj._ TER'MIN[=A]TORY. [L. _terminus_.]

TERMINUS, t[.e]r'mi-nus, _n._ the end or extreme point: one of the extreme points of a railway, &c.: the ancient Roman god of boundaries:--_pl._ TER'MINI ([=i]).--_ns._ TER'MINER (_law_), the act of determining; TER'MINISM, the theological doctrine that there is a limit in the life of each man and of mankind for the operation of grace; TER'MINIST, one who believes in terminism.

TERMITE, ter'm[=i]t, _n._ the white ant.--_ns._ TERMIT[=A]'RIUM, TER'MITARY, a mound of termites.--_adj._ TER'MITINE. [L. _termes_, _termitis_, a wood-worm.]

TERN, t[.e]rn, _n._ a long-winged aquatic fowl allied to the gull.--_n._ TER'NERY, a place where terns breed. [Allied to Dan. _terne_, sea-swallow, Ice. _therna_.]

TERN, t[.e]rn, _adj._ threefold: consisting of three: growing in threes.--_n._ that which consists of three things or numbers together: a prize in a lottery got by drawing three favourable numbers.--_adjs._ TER'NAL, threefold; TER'NARY, proceeding by, or consisting of, threes.--_n._ the number three.--_adj._ TER'N[=A]TE, threefold, or arranged in threes.--_adv._ TER'N[=A]TELY.--_n._ TER'NION, a section of paper for a book containing three double leaves or twelve pages. [L. _terni_, three each--_tres_, three.]

TERNE, t[.e]rn, _n._ an inferior tin-plate for roofs and the inside of packing-cases. [Fr. _terne_, dull.]

TERPENE, ter'p[=e]n, _n._ one of several isomeric oily hydrocarbons. [_Terebene_.]

TERPSICHORE, t[.e]rp-sik'[=o]-r[=e], _n._ one of the nine muses, who presided over choral song and dancing.--_adj._ TERPSICHOR[=E]'AN, relating to _Terpsichore_, or to dancing. [Gr. _terpsichor[=e]_, delighting in dancing--_terpsis_, delight--_terpein_, to enjoy, choros, dancing.]

TERRA, ter'a, _n._ earth.--_ns._ TERR'A-COT'TA, a composition of clay and sand used for statues, hardened like bricks by fire; TERR'ACULTURE, agriculture; TERR'Æ-FIL'IUS, a person of humble origin: formerly the title of a scholar at Oxford who composed annually a satirical lampoon in which considerable license was allowed; TERR'A-FIR'MA, a term frequently employed to denote continental land as distinguished from islands: (_coll._) land as distinguished from water; TERR'A-JAPON'ICA, pale catechu or gambier; TERR'A-MARA (-mä'ra), an earthy deposit containing fertilising organic or mineral matter, any deposit containing prehistoric remains.--_adjs._ TERR[=A]'N[=E]AN, being in the earth; TERR[=A]'N[=E]OUS, growing on land.--_ns._ TERR[=A]'RIUM, a vivarium for land animals; TERR'A-ROS'SA, a name given to a ferruginous red earth extensively developed in the limestone districts of south-eastern Europe, esp. in Istria and Dalmatia. [L. _terra_, earth; L. _cocta_, pa.p. of _coqu[)e]re_, to cook; L. _firmus_, firm; It. _amara_, bitter; _rosso_, red.]

TERRACE, ter'[=a]s, _n._ a raised level bank of earth: any raised flat place: the flat roof of a house:--_pl._ (_geol._) comparatively level strips of land near the sea, lakes, or rivers, with a sharp descent at the edge towards the water, showing an ancient water-level.--_v.t._ to form into a terrace. [Fr. _terrasse_--It. _terrazza_--L. _terra_, the earth.]

TERRAIN, ter'[=a]n, _n._ (_geol._) any series of rocks continuously related: any tract considered in relation to its fitness for some purpose. [Fr.,--L. _terrenum_.]

TERRAPIN, ter'a-pin, _n._ the popular name of many species of fresh-water and tidal tortoises of the family _Emydidæ_, natives of tropical and the warmer temperate countries. [Supposed to be Amer. Ind. in origin.]

TERRAQUEOUS, ter-[=a]'kw[=e]-us, _adj._ consisting of land and water.--Also TERR[=A]'QU[=E]AN. [Coined from L. _terra_, earth, _aqua_, water.]

TERREEN, ter-[=e]n', _n._ less common form of _tureen_.

TERREMOTIVE, ter-e-m[=o]'tiv, _adj._ seismic.

TERRENE, te-r[=e]n', _adj._ pertaining to the earth: earthy: earthly.--_adv._ TERRENE'LY.--_n._ TERREN'ITY. [L. _terrenus_--_terra_, the earth.]

TERRESTRIAL, te-res'tri-al, _adj._ pertaining to, or existing on, the earth: earthly: living on the ground: representing the earth.--_adv._ TERRES'TRIALLY.--_n._ TERRES'TRIALNESS.--_adj._ TERRES'TRIOUS, terrestrial. [L. _terrestris_--_terra_, the earth.]

TERRET, ter'et, _n._ one of the two round loops or rings on a pad-tree, through which the driving reins pass.--Also TERR'IT.

TERRIBLE, ter'i-bl, _adj._ fitted to excite terror or awe: awful: dreadful.--_ns._ TERR'IBLE-IN'FANT, an inconveniently outspoken child--the Fr. _enfant terrible_; TERR'IBLENESS, state of being terrible: terror, dread.--_adv._ TERR'IBLY. [L. _terribilis_--_terr[=e]re_, to frighten.]

TERRICOLOUS, te-rik'[=o]-lus, _adj._ terrestrial.--Also TER'RICOLE, TERRIC'OLINE. [L. _terra_, earth, _col[)e]re_, to inhabit.]

TERRIER, ter'i-[.e]r, _n._ a name originally applied to any breed of dog used to burrow underground, but now applied to any small dog--varieties are the _Fox terrier_, _Scotch terrier_ (sometimes _Skye terrier_), _Dandie Dinmont_ (from the stout Borderer in Scott's 'Guy Mannering'), the _Irish terrier_, _Bedlington_, &c.: a hole or burrow where foxes, rabbits, &c. secure themselves. [Fr. _terrier_--_terre_, the earth--L. _terra_.]

TERRIER, ter'i-[.e]r, _n._ a register or roll of a landed estate. [O. Fr.,--L. _terrarius_--_terra_, land.]

TERRIFY, ter'i-f[=i], _v.t._ to cause terror in: to frighten greatly: to alarm:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ terr'if[=i]ed.--_adj._ TERRIF'IC, creating or causing terror: fitted to terrify: dreadful.--_adv._ TERRIF'ICALLY. [L. _terr[=e]re_, to terrify, _fac[)e]re_, to make.]

TERRIGENOUS, te-rij'e-nus, _adj._ produced by the earth.

TERRINE, te-r[=e]n', _n._ an earthenware vessel for containing some dainty: a tureen for soup. [Fr.,--L. _terra_, earth.]

TERRITORY, ter'i-t[=o]-ri, _n._ the extent of land around or belonging to a city or state: domain: (_U.S._) a portion of the country not yet admitted as a State into the Union, and still under a provisional government.--_adj._ TERRIT[=O]'RIAL, pertaining to territory: limited to a district.--_v.t._ TERRIT[=O]'RIALISE, to enlarge by addition of territory: to reduce to the state of a territory.--_ns._ TERRIT[=O]'RIALISM, a theory of church government according to which the ruler of a country has the natural right to rule also over the ecclesiastical affairs of his people; TERRITORIAL'ITY, the possession of territory.--_adv._ TERRIT[=O]'RIALLY.--_adj._ TERR'ITORIED, possessed of territory. [L. _territorium_--_terra_, the earth.]

TERROR, ter'or, _n._ extreme fear: an object of fear or dread--(_Milt._) TERR'OUR.--_adj._ TERR'OR-HAUNT'ED, haunted with terror.--_n._ TERRORIS[=A]'TION.--_v.t._ TERR'ORISE, to terrify: to govern by terror.--_ns._ TERR'ORISER, one who terrorises; TERR'ORISM, a state of terror: a state which impresses terror: an organised system of intimidation; TERR'ORIST, one who rules by terror.--_adjs._ TERR'ORLESS, free from terror: harmless; TERR'OR-SMIT'TEN, -STRICK'EN, -STRUCK, seized with terror, terrified.--_v.t._ TERR'OR-STRIKE, to smite with terror.--KING OF TERRORS, death; REIGN OF TERROR, or THE TERROR, the period of fever in the first French Revolution, during which the king, the queen, thousands of victims--the innocent and the guilty--the Girondists, Danton, Madame Roland, and at last Robespierre, were hurried to the guillotine. [L. _terror_--_terr[=e]re_, to frighten.]

TERRY, ter'i, _n._ a pile fabric with uncut loops.

TERSANCTUS. See TRISAGION.

TERSE, t[.e]rs, _adj._ compact or concise, with smoothness or elegance: neat.--_adv._ TERSE'LY.--_ns._ TERSE'NESS, conciseness, brevity; TER'SION, act of wiping. [L. _tersus_--_terg[=e]re_, _tersum_, to rub clean.]

TERTIAL, ter'shal, _adj._ of the third rank among the flight-feathers of a bird's wing.--_n._ a tertiary flight-feather.

TERTIAN, t[.e]r'shi-an, _adj._ occurring every third day.--_n._ an ague or fever with paroxysms every third day. [L. _tertianus_--_tertius_, third--_tres_, three.]

TERTIARY, t[.e]r'shi-ar-i, _adj._ of the third degree, order, or formation: pertaining to the series of sedimentary rocks or strata lying above the chalk and other secondary strata, and abounding in organic remains--the _Cainozoic_: (_ornith._) tertial.--_n._ one who, or that which, is tertiary.--_n.pl._ TER'TIARIES, a class in the R.C. Church, who, without entering into the seclusion of a monastery, aspire to practise in ordinary life all the substantial obligations of the scheme of virtue laid down in the Gospel. [L. _tertiarius_--_tertius_.]

TERUNCIUS, te-run'shi-us, _n._ an ancient Roman coin, ¼ as, weighing 3 oz.

TERU-TERO, ter'[=oo]-ter'[=o], _n._ the Cayenne lapwing.

TERVY, ter'vi, _v.i._ (_prov._) to struggle.

TERZA-RIMA, ter'tsa-r[=e]'ma, _n._ a form of Italian triplet in iambic decasyllables, in which the middle line of the first triplet rhymes with the first and third lines of the next triplet, as in Dante's _Divina Commedia_ and Longfellow's translation of it.--_n._ TERZET'TO, a musical composition for three voices. [It., _terza_, fem. of _terzo_, third, _rima_, rhyme.]

TESHO-LAMA. See LAMA.

TESSERA, tes'e-ra, _n._ one of the small square tiles or cut stones used in forming tessellated pavements:--_pl._ TESS'ERÆ--also TESSEL'LA:--_pl._ TESSEL'LÆ.--_adjs._ TESS'ELLAR, composed of, or like, tessellæ; TESS'ELLAR, TESSER[=A]'IC, TESS'ERAL, made up of tesseræ.--_v.t._ TESS'ELLATE, to form into squares or lay with chequered work.--_adj._ TESS'ELLATED.--_n._ TESSELL[=A]'TION, tessellated or mosaic work: the operation of making it. [L. _tessella_, dim. of _tessera_, a square piece.]