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TEETOTUM Tee*to"tum, n. Etym: [For T-totum. It was used for playing games of chance, and was four-sided, one side having the letter T on it, standing for Latin totum all, meaning, take all that is staked, whence the name. The other three sides each had a letter indicating an English or Latin word; as P meaning put down, N nothing or L. nil, H half. See Total.]

Defn: A child's toy, somewhat resembling a top, and twirled by the fingers. The staggerings of the gentleman . . . were like those of a teetotum nearly spent. Dickens.

TEE-TO-TUM Tee-to"-tum, n. [Cf. Teetotaler.]

Defn: A workingmen's resort conducted under religious influences as a counteractant to the drinking saloon. [Colloq. or Cant]

TEETUCK Tee"tuck, n.

Defn: The rock pipit. [Prov. Eng.]

TEEUCK Tee"uck, n.

Defn: The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]

TEEWIT Tee"wit, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The pewit. [Prov. Eng.]

TEG Teg, n.

Defn: A sheep in its second year; also, a doe in its second year. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

TEGMEN Teg"men, n.; pl. Tegmina. Etym: [L., fr. tegere, tectum, to cover.]

1. A tegument or covering.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera.

4. pl. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Tectrices.

TEGMENTAL Teg*men"tal, a. (Biol.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to a tegument or tegmentum; as, the tegmental layer of the epiblast; the tegmental cells of the taste buds.

TEGMENTUM Teg*men"tum, n.; pl. Tegmenta. Etym: [L., a covering.] (Anat.)

Defn: A covering; -- applied especially to the bundles of longitudinal fibers in the upper part of the crura of the cerebrum.

TEGUEXIN Te*guex"in, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large South American lizard (Tejus teguexin). It becomes three or four feet long, and is blackish above, marked with yellowish spots of various sizes. It feeds upon fruits, insects, reptiles, young birds, and birds' eggs. The closely allied species Tejus rufescens is called red teguexin.

TEGULA Teg"u*la, n.; pl. Tegulæ. Etym: [L., a tile, dim. fr. tegere to cover.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A small appendage situated above the base of the wings of Hymenoptera and attached to the mesonotum.

TEGULAR Teg"u*lar, a. Etym: [LL. tegularis, from L. tegula a tile. See Tile.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to a tile; resembling a tile, or arranged like tiles; consisting of tiles; as, a tegular pavement. -- Teg"u*lar*ly, adv.

TEGULATED Teg`u*la"ted, a.

Defn: Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; -- said of a kind of ancient armor. Fairholt.

TEGUMENT Teg"u*ment, n. Etym: [L. tegumentum, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, n., and cf. Detect, Protect.]

1. A cover or covering; an integument.

2. Especially, the covering of a living body, or of some part or organ of such a body; skin; hide.

TEGUMENTARY Teg`u*men"ta*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. tégumentaire.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to a tegument or teguments; consisting of teguments; serving as a tegument or covering.

TE-HEE Te-hee", n. & interj.

Defn: A tittering laugh; a titter. "'Te-hee,' quoth she." Chaucer.

TE-HEE Te-hee", v. i.

Defn: To titter; to laugh derisively. She cried, "Come, come; you must not look grave upon me." Upon this, I te-heed. Madame D'Arblay.

TEIL Teil, n. Etym: [OF. teil, til, L. tilia.] (Bot.)

Defn: The lime tree, or linden; -- called also teil tree.

TEIND Teind, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. tiund. See Tithe.]

Defn: A tithe. [Scot.] Jamieson.

TEINE Teine, n.

Defn: See Teyne. [Obs.] Chaucer.

TEINLAND Tein"land, n. (O. Eng. Law)

Defn: Land granted by the crown to a thane or lord. Burrill.

TEINOSCOPE Tei"no*scope, n. Etym: [Gr. -scope.] (Physics)

Defn: An instrument formed by combining prisms so as to correct the chromatic aberration of the light while linear dimensions of objects seen through the prisms are increased or diminished; -- called also prism telescope. Sir D. Brewster.

TEINT Teint, n. Etym: [F. teint, teinte. See Tint.]

Defn: Tint; color; tinge, See Tint. [Obs.] Time shall . . . embrown the teint. Dryden.

TEINTURE Tein"ture, n. Etym: [F. See Tincture.]

Defn: Color; tinge; tincture. [Obs.] Holland.

TEK Tek, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A Siberian ibex.

TELAMONES Tel`a*mo"nes, n. pl. Etym: [L., pl. of telamo or telamon, Gr. (Arch.)

Defn: Same as Atlantes.

TELANGIECTASIS Tel*an`gi*ec"ta*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Defn: Dilatation of the capillary vessels.

TELANGIECTASY Tel*an`gi*ec"ta*sy, n. (Med.)

Defn: Telangiectasis.

TELARLY Te"lar*ly, adv.

Defn: In a weblike manner. [Obs.] "Telarly interwoven." Sir T. Browne.

TELARY Te"la*ry, a. Etym: [LL. telaris, fr. L. tela a web. See Toil a snare.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to a web; hence, spinning webs; retiary. "Pictures of telary spiders." Sir T. Browne.

TELAUTOGRAM Tel*au"to*gram, n.

Defn: A message transmitted and recorded by a teleautograph.

TELAUTOGRAPH Tel*au"to*graph, n. [Gr. th e far + autograph.]

Defn: A facsimile telegraph for reproducing writing, pictures, maps, etc. In the transmitter the motions of the pencil are communicated by levers to two rotary shafts, by which variations in current are produced in two separate circuits. In the receiver these variations are utilized by electromagnetic devices and levers to move a pen as the pencil moves. --Tel`au*tog"ra*phist (#), n.

TELECHIROGRAPH Tel`e*chi"ro*graph, n. [Gr. th e far + chei`r, cheiro`s, hand + - graph.]

Defn: An instrument for telegraphically transmitting and receiving handwritten messages, as photographically by a beam of light from a mirror.

TELEDU Tel"e*du, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An East Indian carnivore (Mydaus meliceps) allied to the badger, and noted for the very offensive odor that it emits, somewhat resembling that of a skunk. It is a native of the high mountains of Java and Sumatra, and has long, silky fur. Called also stinking badger, and stinkard.

TELEGA Te*le"ga, n. [Russ. telyega.]

Defn: A rude four-wheeled, springless wagon, used among the Russians.

TELEGONY Te*leg"o*ny, n. [Gr. th e far + root of Gr. to be born.] (Biol.)

Defn: The supposed influence of a father upon offspring subsequent to his own, begotten of the same mother by another father. -- Te*leg"o*nous (#), a.

TELEGRAM Tel"e*gram, n. Etym: [Gr. -gram.]

Defn: A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.

Note: "A friend desires us to give notice that he will ask leave, at some convenient time, to introduce a new word into the vocabulary. It is telegram, instead of telegraphic dispatch, or telegraphic communication." Albany [N. Y.] Evening Journal (April 6, 1852).

TELEGRAMMIC Tel`e*gram*mic, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, a telegram; laconic; concise; brief. [R.]

TELEGRAPH Tel"e*graph, n. Etym: [Gr. toli) + -graph: cf. F. télégraphe. See Graphic.]

Defn: An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points, especially by means of preconcerted visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical action.

Note: The instruments used are classed as indicator, type-printing, symbol-printing, or chemical-printing telegraphs, according as the intelligence is given by the movements of a pointer or indicator, as in Cooke & Wheatstone's (the form commonly used in England), or by impressing, on a fillet of paper, letters from types, as in House's and Hughe's, or dots and marks from a sharp point moved by a magnet, as in Morse's, or symbols produced by electro-chemical action, as in Bain's. In the offices in the United States the recording instrument is now little used, the receiving operator reading by ear the combinations of long and short intervals of sound produced by the armature of an electro-magnet as it is put in motion by the opening and breaking of the circuit, which motion, in registering instruments, traces upon a ribbon of paper the lines and dots used to represent the letters of the alphabet. See Illustration in Appendix. Acoustic telegraph. See under Acoustic. -- Dial telegraph, a telegraph in which letters of the alphabet and numbers or other symbols are placed upon the border of a circular dial plate at each station, the apparatus being so arranged that the needle or index of the dial at the receiving station accurately copies the movements of that at the sending station. -- Electric telegraph, or Electro-magnetic telegraph, a telegraph in which an operator at one station causes words or signs to be made at another by means of a current of electricity, generated by a battery and transmitted over an intervening wire. -- Facsimile telegraph. See under Facsimile. -- Indicator telegraph. See under Indicator. -- Pan-telegraph, an electric telegraph by means of which a drawing or writing, as an autographic message, may be exactly reproduced at a distant station. -- Printing telegraph, an electric telegraph which automatically prints the message as it is received at a distant station, in letters, not signs. -- Signal telegraph, a telegraph in which preconcerted signals, made by a machine, or otherwise, at one station, are seen or heard and interpreted at another; a semaphore. -- Submarine telegraph cable, a telegraph cable laid under water to connect stations separated by a body of water. -- Telegraph cable, a telegraphic cable consisting of several conducting wires, inclosed by an insulating and protecting material, so as to bring the wires into compact compass for use on poles, or to form a strong cable impervious to water, to be laid under ground, as in a town or city, or under water, as in the ocean. -- Telegraph plant (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Desmodium gyrans) native of the East Indies. The leaflets move up and down like the signals of a semaphore.

TELEGRAPH Tel"e*graph, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Telegraphed; p. pr. & vb. n. Telegraphing.] Etym: [F. télégraphier.]

Defn: To convey or announce by telegraph.

TELEGRAPHER Te*leg"ra*pher, n.

Defn: One who sends telegraphic messages; a telegraphic operator; a telegraphist.

TELEGRAPHIC Tel`e*graph"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. télégraphique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to the telegraph; made or communicated by a telegraph; as, telegraphic signals; telegraphic art; telegraphic intelligence.

TELEGRAPHICAL Tel`e*graph"ic*al, a.

Defn: Telegraphic. -- Tel`e*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

TELEGRAPHIST Te*leg"ra*phist, n.

Defn: One skilled in telegraphy; a telegrapher.

TELEGRAPHONE Te*leg"ra*phone, n. [Gr. th e far + -graph + sound.]

Defn: An instrument for recording and reproducing sound by local magnetization of a steel wire, disk, or ribbon, moved against the pole of a magnet connected electrically with a telephone receiver, or the like.

TELEGRAPHOSCOPE Tel`e*graph"o*scope, n. [Gr. th e far + -graph + -scope.]

Defn: An instrument for telegraphically transmitting a picture and reproducing its image as a positive or negative. The transmitter includes a camera obscura and a row of minute selenium cells. The receiver includes an oscillograph, ralay, equilibrator, and an induction coil the sparks from which perforate a paper with tiny holes that form the image.

TELEGRAPH PLANT Telegraph plant.

Defn: An East Indian tick trefoil (Meibomia gyrans), whose lateral leaflets jerk up and down like the arms of a semaphore, and also rotate on their axes.

TELEGRAPHY Te*leg"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. télégraphie.]

Defn: The science or art of constructing, or of communicating by means of, telegraphs; as, submarine telegraphy.

TELEHYDROBAROMETER Tel`e*hy`dro*ba*rom"e*ter, n. [Gr. th e far + hydrobarometer.]

Defn: An instrument for indicating the level of water in a distant tank or reservior.

TELE-ICONOGRAPH Tel`e-i*con"o*graph, n. [Gr. th e far + iconograph.]

1. An instrument essentially the same as the telemetrograph.

2. A form of facsimile telegraph.

TEL-EL-AMARNA Tel`-el-A*mar"na, n. [Ar., hill of Amarna.]

Defn: A station on the Nile, midway between Thebes and Memphis, forming the site of the capital of Amenophis IV., whose archive chamber was discovered there in 1887. A collection of tablets (called the Tel-el-Amarna, or the Amarna, tablets) was found here, forming the Asiatic correspondence (Tel-el-Amarna letters) of Amenophis IV. and his father, Amenophis III., written in cuneiform characters. It is an important source of our knowledge of Asia from about 1400 to 1370 b. c..

TELELECTRIC Tel`e*lec"tric, a. [Gr. th e far + electric.] (Elec.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to transmission, as of music, to a distance by electricity.

TELELECTROSCOPE Tel`e*lec"tro*scope, n. [Gr. th e far + electro- + -scope.]

Defn: Any apparatus for making distant objects visible by the aid of electric transmission.

TELEMECHANIC Tel`e*me*chan"ic, a. [Gr. th e far + mechanic.]

Defn: Designating, or pert. to, any device for operating mechanisms at a distance. --Tel`e*mech"a*nism (#), n.

TELEMETEOROGRAPH Tel`e*me`te*or"o*graph, n. [Gr. th e far + meteorograph.]

Defn: Any apparatus recording meteorological phenomena at a distance from the measuring apparatus, as by electricity or by compressed air; esp., an apparatus recording conditions at many distant stations at a central office. -- Tel`e*me`te*or*o*graph"ic (#), a.

TELEMETER Te*lem"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter.]

Defn: An instrument used for measuring the distance of an object from an observer; as, a telescope with a micrometer for measuring the apparent diameter of an object whose real dimensions are known.

TELEMETROGRAPH Tel`e*met"ro*graph, n. [Gr. th e far + me`tron measure + -graph.]

Defn: A combination of the camera lucida and telescope for drawing and measuring distant objects. -- Tel`e*me*trog"ra*phy (#), n. -- Tel`e*met`ro*graph"ic (#), a.

TELEMOTOR Tel`e*mo"tor, n. [Gr. th e far + motor.] (Naut.)

Defn: A hydraulic device by which the movement of the wheel on the bridge operates the steering gear at the stern.

TELENERGY Tel*en"er*gy, n. [Gr. th e far + energy.]

Defn: Display of force or energy at a distance, or without contact; - - applied to mediumistic phenomena. -- Tel`en*er"gic (#), a.

TELENGISCOPE Te*len"gi*scope, n. [Gr. th e far + near + -scope.] (Optics)

Defn: An instrument of such focal length that it may be used as an observing telescope for objects close at hand or as a long-focused microscope.

TELEOCEPHIAL Te`le*o*ceph"i*al, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An extensive order of bony fishes including most of the common market species, as bass, salmon, cod, perch, etc.

TELEOLOGICAL Te`le*o*log"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. téléologique.] (Biol.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to teleology, or the doctrine of design. -- Te`le*o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

TELEOLOGIST Te`le*ol"o*gist, n. (Biol.)

Defn: One versed in teleology.

TELEOLOGY Te`le*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. teleos, the end or issue + -logy: cf. F. téléologie.]

Defn: The doctrine of the final causes of things; specif. (Biol.),

Defn: the doctrine of design, which assumes that the phenomena of organic life, particularly those of evolution, are explicable only by purposive causes, and that they in no way admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose.

TELEOPHORE Te"le*o*phore`, n. Etym: [Gr. teleos complete + (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Gonotheca.

TELEORGANIC Te`le*or*gan"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. teleos complete + E. organic.] (Physiol.)

Defn: Vital; as, teleorganic functions.

TELEOSAUR Te`le*o*saur", n. (Paleon.)

Defn: Any one of several species of fossil suarians belonging to Teleosaurus and allied genera. These reptiles are related to the crocodiles, but have biconcave vertebræ.

TELEOSAURUS Te`le*o*sau"rus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)

Defn: A genus of extinct crocodilian reptiles of the Jurassic period, having a long and slender snout.

TELEOST Te"le*ost, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the Teleosti. Also used adjectively.

TELEOSTEAN Te`le*os"te*an, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the teleosts. -- n.

Defn: A teleostean fish.

TELEOSTEI Te`le*os"te*i, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A subclass of fishes including all the ordinary bony fishes as distinguished from the ganoids.

TELEOSTOMI Te"le*os`to*mi, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An extensive division of fishes including the ordinary fishes (Teleostei) and the ganoids.

TELEOZOIC Te`le*o*zo"ic, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having tissued composed of cells.

TELEOZOON; TELEOZOOEN Te*le*o*zo"ön, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A metazoan.

TELEPATHY Te*lep"a*thy, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: The sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation. -- Tel`e*path"ic, a. -- Te*lep"a*thist, n.

TELEPHEME Tel"e*pheme, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: A message by a telephone. [Recent]

TELEPHONE Tel"e*phone, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physics)

Defn: An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.

Note: The ordinary telephone consists essentially of a device by which currents of electricity, produced by sounds through the agency of certain mechanical devices and exactly corresponding in duration and intensity to the vibrations of the air which attend them, are transmitted to a distant station, and there, acting on suitable mechanism, reproduce similar sounds by repeating the vibrations. The necessary variations in the electrical currents are usually produced by means of a microphone attached to a thin diaphragm upon which the voice acts, and are intensified by means of an induction coil. In the magnetic telephone, or magneto-telephone, the diaphragm is of soft iron placed close to the pole of a magnet upon which is wound a coil of fine wire, and its vibrations produce corresponding vibrable currents in the wire by induction. The mechanical, or string, telephone is a device in which the voice or sound causes vibrations in a thin diaphragm, which are directly transmitted along a wire or string connecting it to a similar diaphragm at the remote station, thus reproducing the sound. It does not employ electricity.

TELEPHONE Tel"e*phone, v. t.

Defn: To convey or announce by telephone.

TELEPHONE EXCHANGE Tel`e*phone ex*change".

Defn: A central office in which the wires of telephones may be connected to permit conversation.

TELEPHONIC Tel`e*phon"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. téléphonique. See Telephone.]

1. Conveying sound to a great distance.

2. Of or pertaining to the telephone; by the telephone.

TELEPHONICALLY Tel`e*phon"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: By telephonic means or processes; by the use of the telephone.

TELEPHONY Te*leph"o*ny, n.

Defn: The art or process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as with the telephone.

TELEPHOTE Tel"e*phote, n. [Gr. th e far + fw^s, fwto`s, light.]

Defn: A telelectric apparatus for producing images of visible objects at a distance.

TELEPHOTO Tel`e*pho"to, a.

Defn: Telephotographic; specif., designating a lens consisting of a combination of lenses specially designed to give a large image of a distant object in a camera of relatively short focal length.

TELEPHOTOGRAPH Tel`e*pho"to*graph, n. [Gr. th e far + photograph.]

Defn: A photograph, image, or impression, reproduced by or taken with a telephotographic apparatus.

TELEPHOTOGRAPHIC Tel`e*pho`to*graph"ic, a.

Defn: Designating, or pertaining to, the process of telephotography.

TELEPHOTOGRAPHY Tel`e*pho*tog"ra*phy, n.

1. The photography of distant objects in more enlarged form than is possible by the ordinary means, usually by a camera provided with a telephoto lens or mounted in place of the eyepiece of a telescope, so that the real or a magnified image falls on the sensitive plate.

2. Art or process of electrically transmitting and reproducing photographic or other pictures at a distance by methods similar to those used in electric telegraphy.

3. Less properly, phototelegraphy.

TELEPOLARISCOPE Tel`e*po*lar"i*scope, n. Etym: [Gr. polariscope.] (Opt.)

Defn: A polariscope arranged to be attached to a telescope. Lockyer.

TELERYTHIN Tel`e*ryth"in, n. Etym: [Gr. erythrin.] (Chem.)

Defn: A red crystalline compound related to, or produced from, erythrin. So called because regarded as the end of the series of erythrin compounds.

TELESCOPE Tel"e*scope, n. Etym: [Gr. télescope. See Telegraph, and -scope.]

Defn: An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.

Note: A telescope assists the eye chiefly in two ways; first, by enlarging the visual angle under which a distant object is seen, and thus magnifying that object; and, secondly, by collecting, and conveying to the eye, a larger beam of light than would enter the naked organ, thus rendering objects distinct and visible which would otherwise be indistinct and or invisible. Its essential parts are the object glass, or concave mirror, which collects the beam of light, and forms an image of the object, and the eyeglass, which is a microscope, by which the image is magnified. Achromatic telescope. See under Achromatic. -- Aplanatic telescope, a telescope having an aplanatic eyepiece. -- Astronomical telescope, a telescope which has a simple eyepiece so constructed or used as not to reverse the image formed by the object glass, and consequently exhibits objects inverted, which is not a hindrance in astronomical observations. -- Cassegrainian telescope, a reflecting telescope invented by Cassegrain, which differs from the Gregorian only in having the secondary speculum convex instead of concave, and placed nearer the large speculum. The Cassegrainian represents objects inverted; the Gregorian, in their natural position. The Melbourne telescope (see Illust. under Reflecting telescope, below) is a Cassegrainian telescope. -- Dialytic telescope. See under Dialytic. Equatorial telescope. See the Note under Equatorial. -- Galilean telescope, a refracting telescope in which the eyeglass is a concave instead of a convex lens, as in the common opera glass. This was the construction originally adopted by Galileo, the inventor of the instrument. It exhibits the objects erect, that is, in their natural positions. -- Gregorian telescope, a form of reflecting telescope. See under Gregorian. -- Herschelian telescope, a reflecting telescope of the form invented by Sir William Herschel, in which only one speculum is employed, by means of which an image of the object is formed near one side of the open end of the tube, and to this the eyeglass is applied directly. -- Newtonian telescope, a form of reflecting telescope. See under Newtonian. -- Photographic telescope, a telescope specially constructed to make photographs of the heavenly bodies. -- Prism telescope. See Teinoscope. -- Reflecting telescope, a telescope in which the image is formed by a speculum or mirror (or usually by two speculums, a large one at the lower end of the telescope, and the smaller one near the open end) instead of an object glass. See Gregorian, Cassegrainian, Herschelian, and Newtonian, telescopes, above. -- Refracting telescope, a telescope in which the image is formed by refraction through an object glass. -- Telescope carp (Zoöl.), the telescope fish. -- Telescope fish (Zoöl.), a monstrous variety of the goldfish having very protuberant eyes. -- Telescope fly (Zoöl.), any two-winged fly of the genus Diopsis, native of Africa and Asia. The telescope flies are remarkable for having the eyes raised on very long stalks. -- Telescope shell (Zoöl.), an elongated gastropod (Cerithium telescopium) having numerous flattened whorls. -- Telescope sight (Firearms), a slender telescope attached to the barrel, having cross wires in the eyepiece and used as a sight. -- Terrestrial telescope, a telescope whose eyepiece has one or two lenses more than the astronomical, for the purpose of inverting the image, and exhibiting objects erect.

TELESCOPE Tel"e*scope, a. [imp. & p. p. Telescoped; p. pr. & vb. n. Telescoping.]

Defn: To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass; to come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another. [Recent]

TELESCOPE Tel"e*scope, v. t.

Defn: To cause to come into collision, so as to telescope. [Recent]

TELESCOPE BAG Telescope bag.

Defn: An adjustable traveling bag consisting of two cases, the larger slipping over the other.

TELESCOPIC; TELESCOPICAL Tel`e*scop"ic, Tel`e*scop"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. télescopique.]

1. Of or pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope.

2. Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as, telescopic stars.

3. Able to discern objects at a distance; farseeing; far-reaching; as, a telescopic eye; telescopic vision.

4. Having the power of extension by joints sliding one within another, like the tube of a small telescope or a spyglass; especially (Mach.), constructed of concentric tubes, either stationary, as in the telescopic boiler, or movable, as in the telescopic chimney of a war vessel, which may be put out of sight by being lowered endwise.

TELESCOPICALLY Tel`e*scop"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a telescopical manner; by or with the telescope.

TELESCOPIC SIGHT Tel`e*scop"ic sight`.

Defn: A sight consisting of a small telescope, as on a compass or rifle.

TELESCOPIST Te*les"co*pist, n.

Defn: One who uses a telescope. R. A. Proctor.

TELESCOPY Te*les"co*py, n.

Defn: The art or practice of using or making telescopes.

TELESEISM Tel"e*seism, n. [Gr. th e far + shock.]

Defn: A seismic movement or shock far from the recording instrument. -- Tel`e*seis"mic (#), a.

TELESEME Tel"e*seme, n. [Gr. th e far + sign.]

Defn: A system of apparatus for electric signals providing for automatic transmission of a definite number of different signals or calls, as in connection with hotel annunciators.

TELESM Tel"esm, n. Etym: [Ar. tilism. See Talisman.]

Defn: A kind of amulet or magical charm. [Obs.] J. Gregory.

TELESMATIC; TELESMATICAL Tel`es*mat"ic, Tel`es*mat"ic*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to telesms; magical. J. Gregory.

TELESPECTROSCOPE Tel`e*spec"tro*scope, n. Etym: [Gr. spectroscope.] (Astron.)

Defn: A spectroscope arranged to be attached to a telescope for observation of distant objects, as the sun or stars. Lockyer.

TELESTEREOGRAPH Tel`e*ste"re*o*graph`, n. [Gr. th e far + stereograph.]

Defn: An instrument for telegraphically reproducing a photograph. -- Tel`e*ste`re*og"ra*phy (#), n.

TELESTEREOSCOPE Tel`e*ste"re*o*scope, n. Etym: [Gr. stereoscope.] (Opt.)

Defn: A stereoscope adapted to view distant natural objects or landscapes; a telescopic stereoscope.

TELESTIC Te*les"tic, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Tending or relating to a purpose or an end. [R.] Cudworth.

TELESTICH Te*les"tich, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: A poem in which the final letters of the lines, taken consequently, make a name. Cf. Acrostic.

TELETHERMOGRAPH Tel`e*ther"mo*graph, n. [Gr. th e far + thermo- + -graph.] (Physics) (a) A record of fluctuations of temperature made automatically at a distant station. (b) An instrument, usually electrical, making such records.

TELETHERMOMETER Tel`e*ther*mom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. thermometer.] (Physics)

Defn: An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise.

TELEUTOSPORE Te*leu"to*spore, n. Etym: [Gr. spore.] (Bot.)

Defn: The thick-celled winter or resting spore of the rusts (order Uredinales), produced in late summer. See Illust. of Uredospore.

TELFORD Tel"ford, a. [After Thomas Telford, a Scotch road engineer.]

Defn: Designating, or pert. to, a road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly, in the interstices; as, telford pavement, road, etc.

TELFORDIZE Tel"ford*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Telfordized; p. pr. & vb. n. Telfordizing.]

Defn: To furnish (a road) with a telford pavement.

TELHARMONIC Tel`har*mon"ic, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to telharmonium.

TELHARMONIUM; TELHARMONY Tel`har*mo"ni*um, n. [Gr. th e far + harmolium.]

Defn: An instrument for producing music (Tel*har"mo*ny []), at a distant point or points by means of alternating currents of electricity controlled by an operator who plays on a keyboard. The music is produced by a receiving instrument similar or analogous to the telephone, but not held to the ear. The pitch corresponds with frequency of alternation of current.

TELIC Tel"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Gram.)

Defn: Denoting the final end or purpose, as distinguished from ecbatic. See Ecbatic. Gibbs.

TELL Tell, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Told; p. pr. & vb. n. Telling.] Etym: [AS. tellan, from talu tale, number, speech; akin to D. tellen to count, G. zählen, OHG. zellen to count, tell, say, Icel. telja, Dan. tale to speak, tælle to count. See Tale that which is told.]

1. To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money. "An heap of coin he told." Spenser. He telleth the number of the stars. Ps. cxlvii. 4. Tell the joints of the body. Jer. Taylor.

2. To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate. Of which I shall tell all the array. Chaucer. And not a man appears to tell their fate. Pope.

3. To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge. Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife Gen. xii. 18.

4. To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform. A secret pilgrimage, That you to-day promised to tell me of Shak.

5. To order; to request; to command. He told her not to be frightened. Dickens.

6. To discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to find out; to discover; as, I can not tell where one color ends and the other begins.

7. To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate. [Obs.] I ne told no dainity of her love. Chaucer.

Note: Tell, though equivalent in some respect to speak and say, has not always the same application. We say, to tell truth or falsehood, to tell a number, to tell the reasons, to tell something or nothing; but we never say, to tell a speech, discourse, or oration, or to tell an argument or a lesson. It is much used in commands; as, tell me the whole story; tell me all you know. To tell off, to count; to divide. Sir W. Scott.

Syn. -- To communicate; impart; reveal; disclose; inform; acquaint; report; repeat; rehearse; recite.

TELL Tell, v. i.

1. To give an account; to make report. That I may publish with the voice of thankgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. Ps. xxvi. 7.

2. To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells. To tell of. (a) To speak of; to mention; to narrate or describe. (b) To inform against; to disclose some fault of. -- To tell on, to inform against. [Archaic & Colloq.] Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David. 1 Sam. xxvii. 11.

TELL Tell, n.

Defn: That which is told; tale; account. [R.] I am at the end of my tell. Walpole.

TELL Tell, n. Etym: [Ar.]

Defn: A hill or mound. W. M. Thomson.

TELLABLE Tell"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being told.

TELLEN Tel"len, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any species of Tellina.

TELLER Tell"er, n.

1. One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or describer.

2. One of four officers of the English Exchequer, formerly appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay moneys payable by the king. Cowell.

3. An officer of a bank who receives and counts over money paid in, and pays money out on checks.

4. One who is appointed to count the votes given in a legislative body, public meeting, assembly, etc.

TELLERSHIP Tell"er*ship, n.

Defn: The office or employment of a teller.

TELLINA Tel*li"na, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells.

TELLING Tell"ing, a.

Defn: Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech. -- Tell"ing*ly, adv.

TELLTALE Tell"tale`, a.

Defn: Telling tales; babbling. "The telltale heart." Poe.

TELLTALE Tell"tale`, n.

1. One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress.

2. (Mus.)

Defn: A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected with the bellows of an organ, that gives notice, by its position, when the wind is exhausted.

3. (Naut.) (a) A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm. (b) A compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course.

4. (Mach.)

Defn: A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.

5. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The tattler. See Tattler.

TELLURAL Tel*lu"ral, a. Etym: [L. tellus, -uris, the earth.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to the earth. [R.]

TELLURATE Tel"lu*rate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tellurate. See Tellurium.] (Chem.)

Defn: A salt of telluric acid.

TELLURET Tel"lu*ret, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A telluride. [Obsoles.]

TELLURETED Tel"lu*ret`ed, n. (Chem.)

Defn: Combined or impregnated with tellurium; tellurized. [Written also telluretted.] [Obsoles.] Tellureted hydrogen (Chem.), hydrogen telluride, H2Te, a gaseous substance analogous to hydrogen sulphide; -- called also tellurhydric acid.

TELLURHYDRIC Tel`lur*hy"dric, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen telluride, which is regarded as an acid, especially when in solution.

TELLURIAN Tel*lu"ri*an, a. Etym: [L. tellus, -uris, the earth.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to the earth. De Quincey.

TELLURIAN Tel*lu"ri*an, n.

1. A dweller on the earth. De Quincey.

2. An instrument for showing the operation of the causes which produce the succession of day and night, and the changes of the seasons. [Written also tellurion.]

TELLURIC Tel*lu"ric, a. Etym: [L. tellus, -uris, the earth: cf. F. tellurique.]

1. Of or pertaining to the earth; proceeding from the earth. Amid these hot, telluric flames. Carlyle.

2. (Chem.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or resembling, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with tellurous compounds; as, telluric acid, which is analogous to sulphuric acid. Telluric bismuth (Min.), tetradymite. -- Telluric silver (Min.), hessite.

TELLURIDE Tel"lu*ride, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A compound of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; -- formerly called telluret.

TELLURISM Tel"lu*rism, n.

Defn: An hypothesis of animal magnetism propounded by Dr. Keiser, in Germany, in which the phenomena are ascribed to the agency of a telluric spirit or influence. [R.] S. Thompson.

TELLURITE Tel"lu*rite, n.

1. (Chem.)

Defn: A salt of tellurous acid.

2. (Min.)

Defn: Oxide of tellurium. It occurs sparingly in tufts of white or yellowish crystals.

TELLURIUM Tel*lu"ri*um, n. Etym: [NL., from L. tellus, -uris, the earth.] (Chem.)

Defn: A rare nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and selenium, occasionally found native as a substance of a silver-white metallic luster, but usually combined with metals, as with gold and silver in the mineral sylvanite, with mercury in Coloradoite, etc. Symbol Te. Atomic weight 125.2. Graphic tellurium. (Min.) See Sylvanite. -- Tellurium glance (Min.), nagyagite; -- called also black tellurium.

TELLURIZE Tel"lu*rize, v. t. (Chem.)

Defn: To impregnate with, or to subject to the action of, tellurium; -- chiefly used adjectively in the past participle; as, tellurized ores.

TELLUROUS Tel"lu*rous, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or containing, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with telluric compounds; as, tellurous acid, which is analogous to sulphurous acid.

TELODYNAMIC Tel`o*dy*nam"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. dynamic.]

Defn: Relating to a system for transmitting power to a distance by means of swiftly moving ropes or cables driving grooved pulleys of large diameter.

TELOOGOO Tel`oo*goo", n.

Defn: See Telugu. D. O. Allen.

TELOTROCHA Te*lot"ro*cha, n.; pl. Telotrochæ. Etym: [NL. See Telotrochal.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: An annelid larva having telotrochal bands of cilia.

TELOTROCHAL; TELOTROCHOUS Te*lot"ro*chal, Te*lot"ro*chous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having both a preoral and a posterior band of cilla; -- applied to the larvæ of certain annelids.

TELOTYPE Tel"o*type, n. Etym: [Gr. -type.]

Defn: An electric telegraph which prints the messages in letters and not in signs.

TELPHER Tel"pher, n. Etym: [Gr. (Elec.)

Defn: A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. Fleeming Jenkin. Telpher line, or Telpher road, an electric line or road over which vehicles for carrying loads are moved by electric engines actuated by a current conveyed by the line.

TELPHERAGE Tel"pher*age, n.

Defn: The conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. Fleeming Jenkin.

TELSON Tel"son, n.; pl. Telsons. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The terminal joint or movable piece at the end of the abdomen of Crustacea and other articulates. See Thoracostraca.

TELUGU Tel`u*gu", n.

1. A Darvidian language spoken in the northern parts of the Madras presidency. In extent of use it is the next language after Hindustani (in its various forms) and Bengali. [Spelt also Teloogoo.]

2. One of the people speaking the Telugu language.

TELUGU Tel`u*gu", a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Telugu language, or the Telugus.

TEMBLOR Tem*blor", n. [Sp.]

Defn: An earthquake. [Western U. S.]

TEMERARIOUS Tem`er*a"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. temerarius. See Temerity.]

Defn: Unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; rash; headstrong; audacious; reckless; heedless. -- Tem`er*a"ri*ous*ly, adv. I spake against temerarious judgment. Latimer.

TEMERATION Tem`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. temerare to defile.]

Defn: Temerity. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

TEMERITY Te*mer"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. temeritas, from temere by chance, rashly; perhaps akin to Skr. tamas darkness: cf. F. témérité.]

Defn: Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; as, the temerity of a commander in war.

Syn. -- Rashness; precipitancy; heedlessness; venturesomeness. -- Temerity, Rashness. These words are closely allied in sense, but have a slight difference in their use and application. Temerity is Latin, and rashness is Anglo-Saxon. As in many such cases, the Latin term is more select and dignified; the Anglo-Saxon more familiar and energetic. We show temerity in hasty decisions, and the conduct to which they lead. We show rashness in particular actions, as dictated by sudden impulse. It is an exhibition of temerity to approach the verge of a precipice; it is an act of rashness to jump into a river without being able to swim. Temerity, then, is an unreasonable contempt of danger; rashness is a rushing into danger from thoughtlessness or excited feeling. It is notorious temerity to pass sentence upon grounds uncapable of evidence. Barrow. Her rush hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat. Milton.

TEMEROUS Tem"er*ous, a.

Defn: Temerarious. [Obs.]

TEMPEAN Tem*pe"an, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Temple, a valley in Thessaly, celebrated by Greek poets on account of its beautiful scenery; resembling Temple; hence, beautiful; delightful; charming.

TEMPER Tem"per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tempered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tempering.] Etym: [AS. temprian or OF. temper, F. tempérer, and (in sense 3) temper, L. temperare, akin to tempus time. Cf. Temporal, Distemper, Tamper.]

1. To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm. Puritan austerity was so tempered by Dutch indifference, that mercy itself could not have dictated a milder system. Bancroft. Woman! lovely woman! nature made thee To temper man: we had been brutes without you. Otway. But thy fire Shall be more tempered, and thy hope far higher. Byron. She [the Goddess of Justice] threw darkness and clouds about her, that tempered the light into a thousand beautiful shades and colors. Addison.

2. To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate. Thy sustenance . . . serving to the appetite of the eater, tempered itself to every man's liking. Wisdom xvi. 21.

3. (Metal.)

Defn: To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel. The tempered metals clash, and yield a silver sound. Dryden.

4. To govern; to manage. [A Latinism & Obs.] With which the damned ghosts he governeth, And furies rules, and Tartare tempereth. Spenser.

5. To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.

6. (Mus.)

Defn: To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.

Syn. -- To soften; mollify; assuage; soothe; calm.

TEMPER Tem"per, n.

1. The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar.

2. Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy. The exquisiteness of his [Christ's] bodily temper increased the exquisiteness of his torment. Fuller.

3. Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper. Remember with what mild And gracious temper he both heared and judged. Milton. The consequents of a certain ethical temper. J. H. Newman.

4. Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; as, to keep one's temper. To fall with dignity, with temper rise. Pope. Restore yourselves to your tempers, fathers. B. Jonson.

5. Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; -- in a reproachful sense. [Colloq.]

6. The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling; as, the temper of iron or steel.

7. Middle state or course; mean; medium. [R.] The perfect lawgiver is a just temper between the mere man of theory, who can see nothing but general principles, and the mere man of business, who can see nothing but particular circumstances. Macaulay.

8. (Sugar Works)

Defn: Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar. Temper screw, in deep well boring, an adjusting screw connecting the working beam with the rope carrying the tools, for lowering the tools as the drilling progresses.

Syn. -- Disposition; temperament; frame; humor; mood. See Disposition.

TEMPER Tem"per, v. i.

1. To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity. [Obs.] Shak.

2. To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable. I have him already tempering between my finger and my thumb, and shortly will I seal with him. Shak.

TEMPERA Tem"pe*ra, n. Etym: [It.] (Paint.)

Defn: A mode or process of painting; distemper.

Note: The term is applied especially to early Italian painting, common vehicles of which were yolk of egg, yolk and white of egg mixed together, the white juice of the fig tree, and the like.

TEMPERABLE Tem"per*a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being tempered. The fusible, hard, and temperable texture of metals. Emerson.

TEMPERAMENT Tem"per*a*ment, n. Etym: [L. temperamentum a mixing in due proportion, proper measure, temperament: cf. F. tempérament. See Temper, v. t.]

1. Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts. The common law . . . has reduced the kingdom to its just state and temperament. Sir M. Hale.

2. Due mixture of qualities; a condition brought about by mutual compromises or concessions. [Obs.] However, I forejudge not any probable expedient, any temperament that can be found in things of this nature, so disputable on their side. Milton.

3. The act of tempering or modifying; adjustment, as of clashing rules, interests, passions, or the like; also, the means by which such adjustment is effected. Wholesome temperaments of the rashness of popular assemblies. Sir J. Mackintosh.

4. Condition with regard to heat or cold; temperature. [Obs.] Bodies are denominated "hot" and "cold" in proportion to the present temperament of that part of our body to which they are applied. Locke.

5. (Mus.)

Defn: A system of compromises in the tuning of organs, pianofortes, and the like, whereby the tones generated with the vibrations of a ground tone are mutually modified and in part canceled, until their number reduced to the actual practicable scale of twelve tones to the octave. This scale, although in so far artificial, is yet closely suggestive of its origin in nature, and this system of tuning, although not mathematically true, yet satisfies the ear, while it has the convenience that the same twelve fixed tones answer for every key or scale, C# becoming identical with D, and so on.

6. (Physiol.)

Defn: The peculiar physical and mental character of an individual, in olden times erroneously supposed to be due to individual variation in the relations and proportions of the constituent parts of the body, especially of the fluids, as the bile, blood, lymph, etc. Hence the phrases, bilious or choleric temperament, sanguine temperament, etc., implying a predominance of one of these fluids and a corresponding influence on the temperament. Equal temperament (Mus.), that in which the variations from mathematically true pitch are distributed among all the keys alike. -- Unequal temperament (Mus.), that in which the variations are thrown into the keys least used.

TEMPERAMENTAL Tem`per*a*men"tal, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

TEMPERANCE Tem"per*ance, n. Etym: [L. temperantia: cf. F. tempérance. See Temper, v. t.]

1. Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.

2. Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness. [R.] "A gentleman of all temperance." Shak. He calmed his wrath with goodly temperance. Spenser.

3. State with regard to heat or cold; temperature. [Obs.] "Tender and delicate temperance." Shak. Temperance society, an association formed for the purpose of diminishing or stopping the use of alcoholic liquors as a beverage.

TEMPERANCY Tem"per*an*cy, n.

Defn: Temperance.

TEMPERATE Tem"per*ate, a. Etym: [L. temperatus, p.p. of temperare. See Temper, v. t.]

1. Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.

2. Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language. She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. Shak. That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings. Tennyson.

3. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Franklin.

4. Proceeding from temperance. [R.] The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air. Pope. Temperate zone (Geog.), that part of the earth which lies between either tropic and the corresponding polar circle; -- so called because the heat is less than in the torrid zone, and the cold less than in the frigid zones.

Syn. -- Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate.

TEMPERATE Tem"per*ate, v. t.

Defn: To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper. [Obs.] It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath. Marston.

TEMPERATELY Tem"per*ate*ly, adv.

Defn: In a temperate manner.

TEMPERATENESS Tem"per*ate*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being temperate; moderateness; temperance.

TEMPERATIVE Tem"per*a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. L. temperativus soothing.]

Defn: Having power to temper. [R.] T. Granger.

TEMPERATURE Tem"per*a*ture, n. Etym: [F. température, L. temperatura due measure, proportion, temper, temperament.]

1. Constitution; state; degree of any quality. The best composition and temperature is, to have openness in fame and opinion, secrecy in habit, dissimulation in seasonable use, and a power to feign, if there be no remedy. Bacon. Memory depends upon the consistence and the temperature of the brain. I. Watts.

2. Freedom from passion; moderation. [Obs.] In that proud port, which her so goodly graceth, Most goodly temperature you may descry. Spenser.

3. (Physics)

Defn: Condition with respect to heat or cold, especially as indicated by the sensation produced, or by the thermometer or pyrometer; degree of heat or cold; as, the temperature of the air; high temperature; low temperature; temperature of freezing or of boiling.

4. Mixture; compound. [Obs.] Made a temperature of brass and iron together. Holland. Absolute temperature. (Physics) See under Absolute. -- Animal temperature (Physiol.), the nearly constant temperature maintained in the bodies of warm-blooded (homoiothermal) animals during life. The ultimate source of the heat is to be found in the potential energy of the food and the oxygen which is absorbed from the air during respiration. See Homoiothermal. -- Temperature sense (Physiol.), the faculty of perceiving cold and warmth, and so of perceiving differences of temperature in external objects. H. N. Martin.

TEMPERED Tem"pered, a.

Defn: Brought to a proper temper; as, tempered steel; having (such) a temper; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a good-tempered or bad- tempered man; a well-tempered sword.

TEMPERER Tem"per*er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, tempers; specifically, a machine in which lime, cement, stone, etc., are mixed with water.

TEMPERING Tem"per*ing, n. (Metal.)

Defn: The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required for various purposes, consisting usually in first plunging the article, when heated to redness, in cold water or other liquid, to give an excess of hardness, and then reheating it gradually until the hardness is reduced or drawn down to the degree required, as indicated by the color produced on a polished portion, or by the burning of oil. Tempering color, the shade of color that indicates the degree of temper in tempering steel, as pale straw yellow for lancets, razors, and tools for metal; dark straw yellow for penknives, screw taps, etc.; brown yellow for axes, chisels, and plane irons; yellow tinged with purple for table knives and shears; purple for swords and watch springs; blue for springs and saws; and very pale blue tinged with green, too soft for steel instruments.

TEMPER SCREW Tem"per screw.

1. A screw link, to which is attached the rope of a rope-drilling apparatus, for feeding and slightly turning the drill jar at each stroke.

2. A set screw used for adjusting.

TEMPEST Tem"pest, n. Etym: [OF. tempeste, F. tempête, (assumed) LL. tempesta, fr. L. tempestas a portion of time, a season, weather, storm, akin to tempus time. See Temporal of time.]

1. An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm. [We] caught in a fiery tempest, shall be hurled, Each on his rock transfixed. Milton.

2. Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.

3. A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4. [Archaic] Smollett.

Note: Tempest is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, tempest-beaten, tempest-loving, tempest-tossed, tempest-winged, and the like.

Syn. -- Storm; agitation; perturbation. See Storm.

TEMPEST Tem"pest, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. tempester, F. tempêter to rage.]

Defn: To disturb as by a tempest. [Obs.] Part huge of bulk Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempest the ocean. Milton.

TEMPEST Tem"pest, v. i.

Defn: To storm. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

TEMPESTIVE Tem*pes"tive, a. Etym: [L. tempestivus.]

Defn: Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers. [Obs.] Heywood. -- Tem*pes"tive*ly, adv. [Obs.]

TEMPESTIVILY Tem`pes*tiv"i*ly, n. Etym: [L. tempestivitas.]

Defn: The quality, or state, of being tempestive; seasonableness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

TEMPESTUOUS Tem*pes"tu*ous, a. Etym: [L. tempestuous: cf. OF. tempestueux, F. tempêtueux.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate. -- Tem*pes"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Tem*pes"tu*ous*ness, n. They saw the Hebrew leader, Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard. Longfellow.

TEMPLAR Tem"plar, n. Etym: [OE. templere, F. templier, LL. templarius. See Temple a church.]

1. One of a religious and military order first established at Jerusalem, in the early part of the 12th century, for the protection of pilgrims and of the Holy Sepulcher. These Knights Templars, or Knights of the Temple, were so named because they occupied an apartment of the palace of Bladwin II. in Jerusalem, near the Temple.

Note: The order was first limited in numbers, and its members were bound by vows of chastity and poverty. After the conquest of Palestine by the Saracens, the Templars spread over Europe, and, by reason of their reputation for valor and piety, they were enriched by numerous donations of money and lands. The extravagances and vices of the later Templars, however, finally led to the suppression of the order by the Council of Vienne in 1312.

2. A student of law, so called from having apartments in the Temple at London, the original buildings having belonged to the Knights Templars. See Inner Temple, and Middle Temple, under Temple. [Eng.]

3. One belonged to a certain order or degree among the Freemasons, called Knights Templars. Also, one of an order among temperance men, styled Good Templars.

TEMPLAR Tem"plar, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to a temple. [R.] Solitary, family, and templar devotion. Coleridge.

TEMPLATE Tem"plate, n.

Defn: Same as Templet.

TEMPLE Tem"ple, n. Etym: [Cf. Templet.] (Weaving)

Defn: A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.

TEMPLE Tem"ple, n. Etym: [OF. temple, F. tempe, from L. tempora, tempus; perhaps originally, the right place, the fatal spot, supposed to be the same word as tempus, temporis, the fitting or appointed time. See Temporal of time, and cf. Tempo, Tense, n.]

1. (Anat.)

Defn: The space, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear.

2. One of the side bars of a pair of spectacles, jointed to the bows, and passing one on either side of the head to hold the spectacles in place.

TEMPLE Tem"ple, n. Etym: [AS. tempel, from L. templum a space marked out, sanctuary, temple; cf. Gr. témple, from the Latin. Cf. Contemplate.]

1. A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity; as, the temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in India. "The temple of mighty Mars." Chaucer.

2. (Jewish Antiq.)

Defn: The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah. Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. John x. 23.

3. Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church. Can he whose life is a perpetual insult to the authority of God enter with any pleasure a temple consecrated to devotion and sanctified by prayer Buckminster.

4. Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially resides. "The temple of his body." John ii. 21. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you 1 Cor. iii. 16. The groves were God's first temples. Bryant. Inner Temple, and Middle Temple, two buildings, or ranges of buildings, occupied by two inns of court in London, on the site of a monastic establishment of the Knights Templars, called the Temple.

TEMPLE Tem"ple, v. t.

Defn: To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to temple a god. [R.] Feltham.

TEMPLED Tem"pled, a.

Defn: Supplied with a temple or temples, or with churches; inclosed in a temple. I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills. S. F. Smith.

TEMPLET Tem"plet, n. Etym: [LL. templatus vaulted, from L. templum a small timber.] [Spelt also template.]

1. A gauge, pattern, or mold, commonly a thin plate or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to be executed; as, a mason's or a wheelwright's templet.

2. (Arch.)

Defn: A short piece of timber, iron, or stone, placed in a wall under a girder or other beam, to distribute the weight or pressure.

TEMPO Tem"po, n. Etym: [It., fr. L. tempus. See Tense, n.] (Mus.)