The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 1705
The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which teem in our time. F. Harrison.
Teem <Xpage=1480>
Teem , v. t. To produce; to bring forth. [R.]
That [grief] of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker; Each minute teems a new one. Shak.
Teemer <Xpage=1480>
Teem"er (?) , n. One who teems, or brings forth.
Teemful <Xpage=1480>
Teem"ful (?) , a. 1. Pregnant; prolific. [Obs.]
2. Brimful. [Obs.]
Ainsworth.
Teeming <Xpage=1480>
Teem"ing , a. Prolific; productive.
Teeming buds and cheerful appear. Dryden.
Teemless <Xpage=1480>
Teem"less , a. Not fruitful or prolific; barren; as, a teemless earth . [Poetic]
Dryden.
Teen <Xpage=1480>
Teen (?) , n. [OE. tene , AS. te\'a2na reproach, wrong, fr. te\'a2n to accuse; akin to G. zeihen , Goth. ga teihan to tell, announce, L. dicere to say. See Token .] Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain. [Archaic]
Chaucer. Spenser.
With public toil and private teen Thou sank'st alone. M. Arnold.
Teen <Xpage=1480>
Teen , v. t. [AS. te\'a2nian , t<?/nan , to slander, vex. \'fb64. See Teen , n. ] To excite; to provoke; to vex; to affict; to injure. [Obs.]
Piers Plowman.
Teen <Xpage=1480>
Teen , v. t. [See Tine to shut.] To hedge or fence in; to inclose. [Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Teenage <Xpage=1480>
Teen"age (?) , n. The longer wood for making or mending fences. [Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Teend <Xpage=1480>
Teend (?) , v. t. & i. [See Tinder .] To kindle; to burn. [Obs.]
Herrick.
Teenful <Xpage=1480>
Teen"ful (?) , a. Full of teen; harmful; grievous; grieving; afflicted. [Obs.]
Piers Plowman.
Teens <Xpage=1480>
Teens (?) , n. pl. [See Ten .] The years of one's age having the termination -teen , beginning with thirteen and ending with nineteen; as, a girl in her teens .
Teeny <Xpage=1480>
Tee"ny (?) , a. Very small; tiny. [Colloq.]
Teeny <Xpage=1480>
Teen"y (?) , a. [See Teen grief.] Fretful; peevish; pettish; cross. [Prov. Eng.]
Teeong <Xpage=1480>
Tee*ong" (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The mino bird.
Teest <Xpage=1480>
Teest (?) , n. A tinsmith's stake, or small anvil.
Teetan <Xpage=1480>
Tee"tan (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A pipit. [Prov. Eng.]
Teetee <Xpage=1480>
Tee"tee (?) , n. [Sp. tit\'a1 .] 1. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several species of small, soft-furred South American monkeys belonging to Callithrix , Chrysothrix , and allied genera; as, the collared teetee ( Callithrix torquatus ), and the squirrel teetee ( Chrysothrix sciurea ) . Called also pinche , titi , and saimiri . See Squirrel monkey , under Squirrel .
2. (Zo\'94l.) A diving petrel of Australia ( Halodroma wrinatrix ).
Teeter <Xpage=1480>
Tee"ter (?) , v. i. & t. [ imp. & p. p. Teetered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Teetering .] [Prov. E. titter to tremble, to seesaw; cf. Icel. titra to tremble, OHG. zittar\'d3n , G. zittern .] To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the like, as children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter-totter. [U. S.]
[The bobolink] alit upon the flower, and teetered up and down. H. W. Beecher.
Teeter-tail <Xpage=1480>
Tee"ter-tail` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The spotted sandpiper. See the Note under Sandpiper .
Teeth <Xpage=1480>
Teeth (?) , n. , pl. of Tooth .
Teeth <Xpage=1480>
Teeth (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Teethed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Teething .] To breed, or grow, teeth.
Teething <Xpage=1480>
Teeth"ing (?) , n. The process of the first growth of teeth, or the phenomena attending their issue through the gums; dentition.
Teetotal <Xpage=1480>
Tee*to"tal (?) , a. Entire; total. [Colloq.]
Teetotaler <Xpage=1480>
Tee*to"tal*er (?) , n. One pledged to entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks.
Teetotalism <Xpage=1480>
Tee*to"tal*ism (?) , n. The principle or practice of entire abstinence, esp. from intoxicating drinks.
Teetotally <Xpage=1480>
Tee*to"tal*ly (?) , adv. Entirely; totally. [Colloq.]
Teetotum <Xpage=1480>
Tee*to"tum (?) , n. [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 .] 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.
Teetuck <Xpage=1480>
Tee"tuck (?) , n. The rock pipit. [Prov. Eng.]
Teeuck <Xpage=1480>
Tee"uck (?) , n. The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]
Teewit <Xpage=1480>
Tee"wit (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The pewit. [Prov. Eng.]
Teg <Xpage=1480>
Teg (?) , n. A sheep in its second year; also, a doe in its second year. [Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Tegmen <Xpage=1480>
Teg"men (?) , n. ; pl. Tegmina (#) . [L., fr. tegere , tectum , to cover.] 1. A tegument or covering.
2. (Bot.) The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura.
3. (Zo\'94l.) One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera.
4. pl. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Tectrices .
Tegmental <Xpage=1480>
Teg*men"tal (?) , a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to a tegument or tegmentum; as, the tegmental layer of the epiblast; the tegmental cells of the taste buds.
Tegmentum <Xpage=1480>
Teg*men"tum (?) , n. ; pl. Tegmenta (#) . [L., a covering.] (Anat.) A covering; -- applied especially to the bundles of longitudinal fibers in the upper part of the crura of the cerebrum.
Teguexin <Xpage=1480>
Te*guex"in (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) 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 <Xpage=1480>
Teg"u*la (?) , n. ; pl. Tegul\'91 (#) . [L., a tile, dim. fr. tegere to cover.] (Zo\'94l.) A small appendage situated above the base of the wings of Hymenoptera and attached to the mesonotum.
Tegular <Xpage=1480>
Teg"u*lar (?) , a. [LL. tegularis , from L. tegula a tile. See Tile .] 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 <Xpage=1480>
Teg`u*la"ted (?) , a. Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; -- said of a kind of ancient armor.
Fairholt.
Tegument <Xpage=1480>
Teg"u*ment (?) , n. [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 <Xpage=1480>
Teg`u*men"ta*ry (?) , a. [Cf. F. t\'82gumentaire .] Of or pertaining to a tegument or teguments; consisting of teguments; serving as a tegument or covering.
Te-hee <Xpage=1480>
Te-hee" (?) , n. & interj. A tittering laugh; a titter. "' Te-hee ,' quoth she."
Chaucer.
Te-hee <Xpage=1480>
Te-hee" , v. i. 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 <Xpage=1480>
Teil (?) , n. [OF. teil , til , L. tilia .] (Bot.) The lime tree, or linden; -- called also teil tree .
Teind <Xpage=1480>
Teind (?) , n. [Cf. Icel. t\'c6und . See Tithe .] A tithe. [Scot.]
Jamieson.
Teine <Xpage=1480>
Teine (?) , n. See Teyne . [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Teinland <Xpage=1480>
Tein"land (?) , n. (O. Eng. Law) Land granted by the crown to a thane or lord.
Burrill.
Teinoscope <Xpage=1480>
Tei"no*scope (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ to extend + -scope .] (Physics) 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 <Xpage=1480>
Teint (?) , n. [F. teint , teinte . See Tint .] Tint; color; tinge, See Tint . [Obs.]
Time shall . . . embrown the teint . Dryden.
Teinture <Xpage=1480>
Tein"ture (?) , n. [F. See Tincture .] Color; tinge; tincture. [Obs.]
Holland.
Tek <Xpage=1480>
Tek (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A Siberian ibex.
Telamones <Xpage=1480>
Tel`a*mo"nes (?) , n. pl. [L., pl. of telamo or telamon , Gr. <?/ a bearer, fr. <?/ to bear.] (Arch.) Same as Atlantes .
Telangiectasis <Xpage=1480>
Tel*an`gi*ec"ta*sis (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ end + <?/ vessel + <?/ extension.] (Med.) Dilatation of the capillary vessels.
Telangiectasy <Xpage=1480>
Tel*an`gi*ec"ta*sy (?) , n. (Med.) Telangiectasis.
Telarly <Xpage=1480>
Te"lar*ly (?) , adv. In a weblike manner. [Obs.] " Telarly interwoven."
Sir T. Browne.
Telary <Xpage=1480>
Te"la*ry (?) , a. [LL. telaris , fr. L. tela a web. See Toil a snare.] Of or pertaining to a web; hence, spinning webs; retiary. "Pictures of telary spiders."
Sir T. Browne.
Teledu <Xpage=1480>
Tel"e*du (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) 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 .
Telegram <Xpage=1480>
Tel"e*gram (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ far + -gram .] A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
&hand; "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 <Xpage=1480>
Tel`e*gram*mic (?) , a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a telegram; laconic; concise; brief. [R.]
Telegraph <Xpage=1480>
Tel"e*graph (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ far, far off (cf. Lith. toli ) + -graph : cf. F. t\'82l\'82graphe . See Graphic .] 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.
&hand; 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 , ∨ 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 <Xpage=1480>
Tel"e*graph (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Telegraphed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Telegraphing (?) .] [F. t\'82l\'82graphier .] To convey or announce by telegraph.
Telegrapher <Xpage=1480>
Te*leg"ra*pher (?) , n. One who sends telegraphic messages; a telegraphic operator; a telegraphist.
Telegraphic <Xpage=1480>
Tel`e*graph"ic (?) , a. [Cf. F. t\'82l\'82graphique .] Of or pertaining to the telegraph; made or communicated by a telegraph; as, telegraphic signals; telegraphic art; telegraphic intelligence.
Telegraphical <Xpage=1480>
Tel`e*graph"ic*al (?) , a. Telegraphic. -- Tel`e*graph"ic*al*ly , adv.
Telegraphist <Xpage=1480>
Te*leg"ra*phist (?) , n. One skilled in telegraphy; a telegrapher.
Telegraphy <Xpage=1480>
Te*leg"ra*phy (?) , n. [Cf. F. t\'82l\'82graphie .] The science or art of constructing, or of communicating by means of, telegraphs; as, submarine telegraphy .
Telemeter <Xpage=1480>
Te*lem"e*ter (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ far + -meter .] 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 .
<-- A measuring instrument which sends the information obtained from its sensors by radio to a base station. Such instruments are used for measuring conditions in space or in other locations difficult of access for humans observers, or merely to allow one observer to monitor conditions in many places simultaneaously.
Telemetry. The science or process of making remote measurements and sending the data by radio. -->
Teleocephial <Xpage=1480>
Te`le*o*ceph"i*al (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ complete + <?/ head.] (Zo\'94l.) An extensive order of bony fishes including most of the common market species, as bass, salmon, cod, perch, etc.
Teleological <Xpage=1480>
Te`le*o*log"ic*al (?) , a. [Cf. F. t\'82l\'82ologique .] (Biol.) Of or pertaining to teleology, or the doctrine of design. -- Te`le*o*log"ic*al*ly , adv.
Teleologist <Xpage=1480>
Te`le*ol"o*gist (?) , n. (Biol.) One versed in teleology.
Teleology <Xpage=1480>
Te`le*ol"o*gy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/, teleos , the end or issue + -logy : cf. F. t\'82l\'82ologie .] The doctrine of the final causes of things ; specif. (Biol.) , 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 <Xpage=1480>
Te"le*o*phore` (?) , n. [Gr. teleos complete + <?/ to bear.] (Zo\'94l.) Same as Gonotheca .
Teleorganic <Xpage=1480>
Te`le*or*gan"ic (?) , a. [Gr. teleos complete + E. organic .] (Physiol.) Vital; as, teleorganic functions .
Teleosaur <Xpage=1480>
Te`le*o*saur" (?) , n. (Paleon.) Any one of several species of fossil suarians belonging to Teleosaurus and allied genera. These reptiles are related to the crocodiles, but have biconcave vertebr\'91.
Teleosaurus <Xpage=1480>
Te`le*o*sau"rus (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ complete, perfect + <?/ a lizard.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct crocodilian reptiles of the Jurassic period, having a long and slender snout.
Teleost <Xpage=1480>
Te"le*ost (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ complete + <?/ bone.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the Teleosti. Also used adjectively.
Teleostean <Xpage=1480>
Te`le*os"te*an (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the teleosts. -- n. A teleostean fish.
Teleostei <Xpage=1480>
Te`le*os"te*i (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ complete + <?/ bone.] (Zo\'94l.) A subclass of fishes including all the ordinary bony fishes as distinguished from the ganoids.
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Teleostomi <Xpage=1481>