Chapter 1704

To tear a cat , to rant violently; to rave; -- especially applied to theatrical ranting. [Obs.] Shak . -- To tear down , to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down. -- To tear off , to pull off by violence; to strip. -- To tear out , to pull or draw out by violence; as, to tear out the eyes. -- To tear up , to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by violence; as, to tear up a floor; to tear up the foundation of government or order . <-- tear sheet, (a) a sheet usu. with performations, intended to be torn from a book or booklet to be used for some purpose. (b) any sheet torn from a publication. -->

Tear <Xpage=1479>

Tear (?) , v. i. 1. To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily .

2. To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.

Tear <Xpage=1479>

Tear (?) , n. The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure.

Macaulay.

Wear and tear . See under Wear , n.

Tearer <Xpage=1479>

Tear"er (?) , n. One who tears or rends anything; also, one who rages or raves with violence.

Tear-falling <Xpage=1479>

Tear"-fall`ing (?) , a. Shedding tears; tender. [Poetic] " Tear-falling pity."

Shak.

Tearful <Xpage=1479>

Tear"ful (?) , a. Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful eyes . -- Tear"ful*ly , adv. -- Tear"ful*ness , n.

Tearless <Xpage=1479>

Tear"less , a. Shedding no tears; free from tears; unfeeling. -- Tear"less*ly , adv. -- Tear"less*ness , n.

Tearpit <Xpage=1479>

Tear"pit` (?) , n. (Anat.) A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the lachrymal sinus; larmier. It is capable of being opened at pleasure and secretes a waxy substance.

Tear-thumb <Xpage=1479>

Tear"-thumb` (?) , n. (Bot.) A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles.

Teary <Xpage=1479>

Tear"y (?) , a. 1. Wet with tears; tearful.

2. Consisting of tears, or drops like tears.

Tea-saucer <Xpage=1479>

Tea"-sau`cer (?) , n. A small saucer in which a teacup is set.

Tease <Xpage=1479>

Tease (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Teased (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Teasing .] [AS. t<?/san to pluck, tease; akin to OD. teesen , MHG. zeisen , Dan. t\'91se , t\'91sse . \'fb58. Cf. Touse .] 1. To comb or card, as wool or flax. " Teasing matted wool."

Wordsworth.

2. To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel.

3. (Anat.) To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments.

4. To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague.

Cowper.

He . . . suffered them to tease him into acts directly opposed to his strongest inclinations. Macaulay.

Syn. -- To vex; harass: annoy; disturb; irritate; plague; torment; mortify; tantalize; chagrin. -- Tease , Vex . To tease is literally to pull or scratch, and implies a prolonged annoyance in respect to little things, which is often more irritating, and harder to bear, than severe pain. Vex meant originally to seize and bear away hither and thither, and hence, to disturb; as, to vex the ocean with storms . This sense of the term now rarely occurs; but vex is still a stronger word than tease , denoting the disturbance or anger created by minor provocations, losses, disappointments, etc. We are teased by the buzzing of a fly in our eyes; we are vexed by the carelessness or stupidity of our servants.

Not by the force of carnal reason, But indefatigable teasing . Hudibras.

In disappointments, where the affections have been strongly placed, and the expectations sanguine, particularly where the agency of others is concerned, sorrow may degenerate into vexation and chagrin. Cogan.

Tease tenon (Joinery) , a long tenon at the top of a post to receive two beams crossing each other one above the other.

Tease <Xpage=1479>

Tease (?) , n. One who teases or plagues. [Colloq.]

Teasel <Xpage=1479>

Tea"sel (?) , n. [OE. tesel , AS. t<?/sel , t<?/sl , the fuller's herb. See Tease .] [Written also tassel , tazel , teasle , teazel , and teazle .] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Dipsacus , of which one species ( D. fullonum ) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth.

&hand; Small teasel is Dipsacus pilosus , wild teasel is D. sylvestris .

2. A bur of this plant.

3. Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.

Teasel frame , a frame or set of iron bars in which teasel heads are fixed for raising the nap on woolen cloth.

Teasel <Xpage=1479>

Tea"sel , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Teaseled (?) or Teaselled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Teaseling or Teaselling .] To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap.

Teaseler <Xpage=1479>

Tea"sel*er (?) , n. One who uses teasels for raising a nap on cloth. [Written also teaseller , teasler .]

Teaseling <Xpage=1479>

Tea"sel*ing , n. The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels. [Written also teaselling , teazling .]

Teaser <Xpage=1479>

Teas"er (?) , n. 1. One who teases or vexes.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A jager gull. [Prov. Eng.]

Teasle <Xpage=1479>

Tea"sle (?) , n. & v. t. See Teasel .

Teaspoon <Xpage=1479>

Tea"spoon` (?) , n. A small spoon used in stirring and sipping tea, coffee, etc., and for other purposes.

Teaspoonful <Xpage=1479>

Tea"spoon`ful (?) , n. ; pl. Teaspoonfuls (<?/) . As much as teaspoon will hold; enough to fill a teaspoon; -- usually reckoned at a fluid dram or one quarter of a tablespoonful.

Teat <Xpage=1479>

Teat (?) , n. [OE. tete , titte , AS. tit , titt ; akin to LG. & OD. titte , D. tet , G. zitze : cf. F. tette , probably of Teutonic origin.] 1. The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the udder or breast of a mammal; a nipple; a pap; a mammilla; a dug; a tit.

2. (Mach.) A small protuberance or nozzle resembling the teat of an animal.

Teated <Xpage=1479>

Teat"ed , a. Having protuberances resembling the teat of an animal.

Teathe <Xpage=1479>

Teathe (?) , n. & v. See Tath . [Prov. Eng.]

Teatish <Xpage=1479>

Teat"ish (?) , a. Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish . [Obs.]

Beau. & Fl.

Teaze-hole <Xpage=1479>

Teaze"-hole` (?) , n. [Corrupted fr. F. tisard fire door.] (Glass Works) The opening in the furnaces through which fuel is introduced.

Teazel <Xpage=1479>

Tea"zel (?) , n. & v. t. See Teasel .

Teazer <Xpage=1479>

Tea"zer (?) , n. [Corrupted fr. F. tiser to feed a fire.] The stoker or fireman of a furnace, as in glass works.

Tomlinson.

Teazle <Xpage=1479>

Tea"zle (?) , n. & v. t. See Teasel .

Tebeth <Xpage=1479>

Te"beth (?) , n. [Heb.] The tenth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of December with a part of January.

Esther ii. 16.

Techily <Xpage=1479>

Tech"i*ly (?) , adv. In a techy manner.

Techiness <Xpage=1479>

Tech"i*ness , n. The quality or state of being techy.

Technic <Xpage=1479>

Tech"nic (?) , a. Technical.

Technic <Xpage=1479>

Tech"nic , n. [See Technical , a. ] 1. The method of performance in any art; technical skill; artistic execution; technique.

They illustrate the method of nature, not the technic of a manlike Artificer. Tyndall.

2. pl. Technical terms or objects; things pertaining to the practice of an art or science.

Technical <Xpage=1479>

Tech"nic*al (?) , a. [Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ an art, probably from the same root as <?/, <?/, to bring forth, produce, and perhaps akin to E. text : cf. F. technique .] Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any science, business, or the like; specially appropriate to any art, science, or business; as, the words of an indictment must be technical .

Blackstone.

Technicality <Xpage=1479>

Tech`ni*cal"i*ty (?) , n. ; pl. Technicalities (<?/) . 1. The quality or state of being technical; technicalness.

2. That which is technical, or peculiar to any trade, profession, sect, or the like.

The technicalities of the sect. Palfrey.

Technically <Xpage=1479>

Tech"nic*al*ly (?) , adv. In a technical manner; according to the signification of terms as used in any art, business, or profession.

Technicalness <Xpage=1479>

Tech"nic*al*ness , n. The quality or state of being technical; technicality.

Technicals <Xpage=1479>

Tech"nic*als (?) , n. pl. Those things which pertain to the practical part of an art, science, or profession; technical terms; technics.

Technicist <Xpage=1479>

Tech"ni*cist (?) , n. One skilled to technics or in one or more of the practical arts.

Technicological <Xpage=1479>

Tech`ni*co*log"ic*al (?) , a. Technological; technical. [R.]

Dr. J. Scott.

Technicology <Xpage=1479>

Tech`ni*col"o*gy (?) , n. Technology. [R.]

Technics <Xpage=1479>

Tech"nics (?) , n. The doctrine of arts in general; such branches of learning as respect the arts.

Technique <Xpage=1479>

Tech`nique" (?) , n. [F.] Same as Technic , n.

Technism <Xpage=1479>

Tech"nism (?) , n. Technicality.

Technologic <Xpage=1479>

Tech`no*log"ic (?) , a. Technological.

Technological <Xpage=1479>

Tech`no*log"ic*al (?) , a. [Cf. F. technologique .] Of or pertaining to technology.

Technologist <Xpage=1479>

Tech*nol"o*gist (?) , n. One skilled in technology; one who treats of arts, or of the terms of arts.

Technology <Xpage=1479>

Tech*nol"o*gy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ an art + -logy ; cf. Gr. <?/ systematic treatment: cf. F. technologie .] Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of the industrial arts, especially of the more important manufactures, as spinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc.

&hand; Technology is not an independent science, having a set of doctrines of its own, but consists of applications of the principles established in the various physical sciences (chemistry, mechanics, mineralogy, etc.) to manufacturing processes.

Internat. Cyc.

Techy <Xpage=1479>

Tech"y (?) , a. [From OE. tecche , tache , a habit, bad habit, vice, OF. tache , teche , a spot, stain, blemish, habit, vice, F. tache a spot, blemish; probably akin to E. tack a small nail. See Tack a small nail, and cf. Touchy .] Peevish; fretful; irritable.

Tectibranch <Xpage=1479>

Tec`ti*branch (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Tectibranchiata. Also used adjectively.

Tectibranchia <Xpage=1479>

Tec`ti*bran"chi*a (?) , n. pl. [NL.] Same as Tectibranchiata .

Tectibranchiata <Xpage=1479>

Tec`ti*bran`chi*a"ta (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. L. tectus (p.p. of tegere to cover) + Gr. <?/ a gill.] (Zo\'94l.) An order, or suborder, of gastropod Mollusca in which the gills are usually situated on one side of the back, and protected by a fold of the mantle. When there is a shell, it is usually thin and delicate and often rudimentary. The aplysias and the bubble shells are examples.

Tectibranchiate <Xpage=1479>

Tec`ti*bran"chi*ate (?) , a. [L. tectus (p.p. of tegere to cover) + E. branchiate .] (Zo\'94l.) Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to the Tectibranchiata. -- n. A tectibranchiate mollusk.

Tectly <Xpage=1479>

Tect"ly (?) , adv. [L. tectus covered, fr. tegere to cover.] Covertly; privately; secretly. [Obs.]

Holinshed.

Tectology <Xpage=1479>

Tec*tol"o*gy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ a carpenter + -logy .] (Biol.) A division of morphology created by Haeckel; the science of organic individuality constituting the purely structural portion of morphology, in which the organism is regarded as composed of organic individuals of different orders, each organ being considered an individual. See Promorphology , and Morphon .

Tectonic <Xpage=1479>

Tec*ton"ic (?) , a. [L. tectonicus , Gr. <?/, fr. <?/, <?/, a carpenter, builder.] Of or pertaining to building or construction; architectural.

Tectonics <Xpage=1479>

Tec*ton"ics (?) , n. The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably to the end for which they are designed, and in conformity with artistic sentiments and ideas.

Tectorial <Xpage=1479>

Tec*to"ri*al (?) , a. [L. tectorius .] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to covering; -- applied to a membrane immediately over the organ of Corti in the internal ear.

Tectrices <Xpage=1479>

Tec"tri*ces (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. L. tegere , tectum , to cover.] (Zo\'94l.) The wing coverts of a bird. See Covert , and Illust . of Bird .

Tecum <Xpage=1479>

Te"cum (?) , n. (Bot.) See Tucum .

Ted <Xpage=1479>

Ted (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tedded (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tedding .] [Prob. fr. Icel. te<?/ja to spread manure, fr. ta<?/ manure; akin to MHG. zetten to scatter, spread. \'fb58. Cf. Teathe .] To spread, or turn from the swath, and scatter for drying, as new-mowed grass; -- chiefly used in the past participle.

The smell of grain or tedded grass. Milton.

The tedded hay and corn sheaved in one field. Coleridge.

Tedder <Xpage=1479>

Ted"der (?) , n. A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to expedite its drying.

Tedder <Xpage=1479>

Ted"der , n. [OE. \'fb64. See Tether .] Same as Tether .

Tedder <Xpage=1479>

Ted"der , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Teddered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Teddering .] Same as Tether .

Te Deum <Xpage=1479>

Te` De"um (?) . [L., from te (accus. of tu thou) + Deum , accus. of Deus God. See Thou , and Deity .] 1. An ancient and celebrated Christian hymn, of uncertain authorship, but often ascribed to St. Ambrose; -- so called from the first words " Te Deum laudamus ." It forms part of the daily matins of the Roman Catholic breviary, and is sung on all occasions of thanksgiving. In its English form, commencing with words, "We praise thee, O God," it forms a part of the regular morning service of the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church in America.

2. A religious service in which the singing of the hymn forms a principal part.

Tedge <Xpage=1479>

Tedge (?) , n. (Founding) The gate of a mold, through which the melted metal is poured; runner, geat.

Tediosity <Xpage=1479>

Te`di*os"i*ty (?) , n. Tediousness. [Obs.]

Tedious <Xpage=1479>

Te"di*ous (?) , a. [L. taediosus , fr. taedium . See Tedium .] Involving tedium; tiresome from continuance, prolixity, slowness, or the like; wearisome. -- Te"di*ous*ly , adv. -- Te"di*ous*ness , n.

I see a man's life is a tedious one. Shak.

I would not be tedious to the court. Bunyan.

Syn. -- Wearisome; fatiguing. See Irksome .

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Tedium <Xpage=1480>

Te"di*um (?) , n. [L. taedium , fr. taedet it disgusts, it wearies one.] Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness. [Written also t\'91dium .]

Cowper.

To relieve the tedium , he kept plying them with all manner of bams. Prof. Wilson.

The tedium of his office reminded him more strongly of the willing scholar, and his thoughts were rambling. Dickens.

Tee <Xpage=1480>

Tee (?) , n. [Cf. Icel. tj\'be to show, mark.] (a) The mark aimed at in curling and in quoits. (b) The nodule of earth <-- or short peg stuck into the ground --> from which the ball is struck in golf.

Tee <Xpage=1480>

Tee , n. A short piece of pipe having a lateral outlet, used to connect a line of pipe with a pipe at a right angle with the line; -- so called because it resembles the letter T in shape.

Tee iron <Xpage=1480>

Tee" i`ron (?) . See T iron , under T .

Teek <Xpage=1480>

Teek (?) , n. (Bot.) See Teak . [Obs.]

Teel <Xpage=1480>

Teel (?) , n. Sesame. [Sometimes written til .]

Teel oil , sesame oil.

Teelseed <Xpage=1480>

Teel"seed` (?) , n. The seed of sesame.

Teem <Xpage=1480>

Teem (?) , v. t. [Icel. t\'91ma to empty, from t\'d3mr empty; akin to Dan. t\'94mme to empty, Sw. t\'94mma . See Toom to empty.] 1. To pour; -- commonly followed by out ; as, to teem out ale . [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Swift.

2. (Steel Manuf.) To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal.

Teem <Xpage=1480>

Teem , v. t. [See Tame , a. , and cf. Beteem .] To think fit. [Obs. or R.]

G. Gifford.

Teem <Xpage=1480>

Teem , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Teemed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Teeming .] [OE. temen , AS. t\'c7man , t<?/man , from te\'a0m . See Team .] 1. To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.

If she must teem , Create her child of spleen. Shak.

2. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound.

His mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to cover former villainy. Sir W. Scott.