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Toot

Toot, tōōt, n. (slang) an idle worthless creature: the devil.

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Tooth

Tooth, tōōth, n. one of the hard bodies in the mouth, attached to the skeleton, but not forming part of it, developed from the dermis or true skin, their function primarily the mastication of the food: the taste or palat

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Tootle

Tootle, tōōt′l, v.i. to make a series of feeble sounds, as a poor player on the flute. [Freq. of toot.]

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Top

Top, top, n. the highest part of anything: the upper end or surface: the upper part of a plant: the crown of the head: the highest place, rank, or crown, consummation: the chief or highest person: (naut.) a small platfor

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Top

Top, top, n. a child's toy, shaped like a pear, and set or kept whirling round by means of a string or a whip. [Prob. Old Dut. top, toppe, dop, doppe; Mid. High Ger. topf, tupfen, a pot.]

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Toparch

Toparch, tō′pärk, n. the ruler or principal man in a place: the governor of a toparchy.—n. Tō′parchy, a small state or government consisting of only a few cities: command in a small state or subdivision of a country. [Gr

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Topaz

Topaz, tō′paz, n. a mineral, ranked among gems, found generally in primitive rocks, colourless, light blue or green, rose-pink, orange or straw-yellow, in great variety of shades, the most prized generally from Brazil.—a

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Topaza

Topaza, tō-pā′za, n. a genus of humming-birds.

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Tope

Tope, tōp, v.i. to drink hard or to excess: to tipple:—pr.p. tō′ping; pa.p. tōped.—n. Tō′per, a drunkard. [From tope, an obs. verb 'to drink hard,' from the phrase to top off, sig. 'to drink off at one draught.']

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Tope

Tope, tōp, n. a Buddhist tumulus for the preservation of relics, of more or less solid masonry, in which the relics are deposited—the oldest spherical, others having polygonal bases, originally crowned with an umbrella-s

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Tope

Tope, tōp, n. a small species of British shark—the Miller's dog and Penny dog.

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Tophet

Tophet, tō′fet, n. a place at the south-east corner of Gehenna, or vale of Hinnom, to the south of Jerusalem, once the scene of idolatrous rites, later the common lay-stall of the city, in which fires were kept burning:

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Tophus

Tophus, tō′fus, n. a gouty deposit:—pl. Tō′phī.—adj. Tophā′ceous. [L., 'sandstone.']

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Topia

Topia, tō′pi-a, n. a kind of mural decoration common in old Roman houses.—adj. Tō′piāry, clipped into ornamental shapes, of trees and shrubs—also Tōpiā′rian. [L.,—Gr. topos, a place.]

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Topic

Topic, top′ik, n. a subject of discourse or argument: a matter.—adj. Top′ical, pertaining to a place: local: relating to a topic or subject: relating to things of local interest.—adv. Top′ically, with reference to a part

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Topographer

Topographer, tō-pog′raf-ėr, n. one who describes a place, &c.: one skilled in topography.—adjs. Topograph′ic, -al, pertaining to topography.—adv. Topograph′ically, in a topographical manner.—ns. Topog′raphist; Topog′raph

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Topolatry

Topolatry, tōpol′a-tri, n. veneration for a place. [Gr. topos, a place, latreia, worship.]

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Topology

Topology, tō-pol′ō-ji, n. the art of aiding the memory by associating things with places. [Gr. topos, a place, legein, to speak.]

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Toponym

Toponym, top′ō-nim, n. (anat.) a topographical name, the technical designation of any region of an animal.—n. Topon′omy, topical terminology, the place-names of a district.—adjs. Topon′ymal, Toponym′ic, -al.—n. Topon′ymy

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Topple

Topple, top′l, v.i. to fall forward: to tumble down. [Freq. of top.]

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Topsyturvy

Topsyturvy, top′si-tur-vi, adv. bottom upwards.—adj. turned upside down.—n. confusion.—v.t. to turn upside down.—n. Topsyturvificā′tion, a turning upside down.—adv. Topsytur′vily.—ns. Topsytur′viness; Topsytur′vydom. [Ex

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Toque

Toque, tōk, n. a form of hat or cap worn in the 16th century: a modern close-fitting brimless bonnet for women: an African nominal money of account, equal to 40 cowries: the bonnet-macaque. [Fr., prob. Celt., Bret. tok,

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Tor

Tor, tor, n. a hill, a rocky height. [A.S. torr, tor—W. tor; Gael. torr.]

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Torah

Torah, tō′ra, n. the Mosaic law: the book of the law, the Pentateuch.—Also Thō′rah. [Heb.]

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Torbite

Torbite, tōr′bīt, n. a preparation of peat for fuel.

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Torch

Torch, torch, n. a light formed of twisted tow dipped in pitch or other inflammable material: a large candle or flambeau.—ns. Torch′-bear′er; Torch′-dance; Torch′er (Shak.), one who gives light with, or as with, a torch;

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Torchère

Torchère, tor-shār′, n. a large ornamental candelabrum. [Fr.]

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Torcular

Torcular, tor′kū-lar, n. the tourniquet. [L.]

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Tore

Tore, tōr, pa.t. of tear.

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Tore

Tore, tōr, n. (prov.) dead grass.

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Tore

Tore=Torus.

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Toreador

Toreador, tor-e-a-dōr′, n. a bull-fighter, esp. on horseback. [Sp.]

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Toreutic

Toreutic, tō-rōō′tik, adj. pertaining to chased or embossed metal-work.—ns. Toreumatog′raphy, a treatise on ancient work in metal; Toreumatol′ogy, the art of ancient art-work on metal; Toreu′tes, an artist in metal. [Gr.

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Torgoch

Torgoch, tor′goh, n. the red-bellied char. [W.]

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Torment

Torment, tor′ment, n. torture: anguish: that which causes pain.—v.t. Torment′, to torture: to put to extreme pain, physical or mental: to distress: to afflict.—p.adj. Tormen′ted (U.S.), a euphemism for damned.—adj. Torme

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Tormentil

Tormentil, tor′men-til, n. a genus of plants, one species with an astringent woody root. [Fr.,—Low L. tormentilla—L. tormentum.]

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Tormina

Tormina, tor′mi-na, n.pl. gripes, colic.—adjs. Tor′minal, Tor′minous.

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Tormodont

Tormodont, tor′mō-dont, adj. socketed, of teeth. [Gr. tormos, a hole, odous, odontos, a tooth.]

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Torn

Torn, tōrn, pa.p. of tear: (B.) stolen.—adj. Torn′-down, rebellious, ungovernable.

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Tornado

Tornado, tor-nā′dō, n. a violent hurricane, frequent in tropical countries:—pl. Tornā′does.—adj. Tornad′ic. [Sp., tornada—tornar—L. tornāre.]

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Torneament

Torneament, an obsolete form of tournament.

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Toroidal

Toroidal, tō-roi′dal, adj. shaped like an anchor-ring.

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Torous

Torous, tō′rus, adj. swelling, muscular.—n. Toros′ity, muscularity.

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Torpedo

Torpedo, tor-pē′do, n. a genus of cartilaginous fishes of family Torpedinidæ, related to the skates and rays, with electric organs on each side of the head, giving an electric shock when touched so as to produce torpor o

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Torpescent

Torpescent, tor-pes′ent, adj. becoming torpid or numb.—n. Torpes′cence. [L., pr.p. of torpescĕre, to become stiff—torpēre, to be stiff.]

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Torpid

Torpid, tor′pid, adj. stiff, numb: having lost the power of motion and feeling: sluggish, dormant: pertaining to the Torpids, or Lent boat-races, at Oxford.—n. a second-class racing boat, or one of its crew.—n. Torpid′it

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Torque

Torque, tork, n. a twisting force: a necklace of metal rings interlaced.—adjs. Tor′quate, -d, collared; Torqued′, twisted. [L. torques—torquēre, to twist.]

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Torrefy

Torrefy, tor′e-fī, v.t. to scorch: to parch:—pa.t. and pa.p. torr′efied.—n. Torrefac′tion, act of torrefying: state of being torrefied. [L. torrēre, to dry, to burn, facĕre, to make.]

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Torrent

Torrent, tor′ent, n. a rushing stream: a strong or turbulent current.—adj. rushing in a stream.—ns. Torr′ent-bow, a bow of prismatic colours formed above the spray of a torrent; Torr′ent-duck, a merganser of genus Mergan

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Torricellian

Torricellian, tor-i-sel′i-an, or tor-i-chēl′i-an, adj. pertaining to the Italian mathematician Evangelista Torricelli (1608-47), who discovered in 1643 the principle on which the barometer is constructed.—Torricellian tu

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Torrid

Torrid, tor′id, adj. burning or parching: violently hot: dried with heat.—ns. Torrid′ity, Torr′idness.—Torrid zone, the broad belt round the earth betwixt the tropics, on either side of the equator. [L. torridus—torrēre,

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Torse

Torse, tors, n. a heraldic wreath.—ns. Torsade′, an ornament like a twisted cord; Tor′sel, a twisted scroll: a plate in a brick wall to support the end of a beam.

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Torshent

Torshent, tor′shent, n. (U.S.) the youngest child and pet of a family.—Also Torsh.

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Torsion

Torsion, tor′shun, n. act of twisting or turning a body: the force with which a thread or wire tends to return when twisted, the kind of strain produced in a bar or wire when one end is kept fixed and the other is rotate

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Torsk

Torsk, torsk, n. a genus of fish of the cod family, abundant in the northern parts of the Atlantic Ocean, characterised by a single long dorsal fin, and by having the vertical fins separate. [Sw. torsk; Ger. dorsch, a ha

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Torso

Torso, tor′sō, n. the trunk of a statue without head or limbs:—pl. Tor′sos.—Also Torse. [It.; prob. Teut., Old High Ger. turso, torso, stalk.]

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Tort

Tort, tort, n. a term in the law of England including all those wrongs, not arising out of contract, for which a remedy by compensation or damages is given in a court of law: (Spens.) wrong, injury, calamity.—adj. Tor′ti

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Torticollis

Torticollis, tor-ti-kol′is, n. wryneck.

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Tortile

Tortile, tor′til, adj. twisted: wreathed: coiled.—n. Tortil′ity.—adj. Tor′tive (Shak.), twisted, wreathed.

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Tortilla

Tortilla, tor-tē′lya, n. a round flat cake made from maize in Mexico. [Sp., dim. of torta, a tart.]

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Tortoise

Tortoise, tor′tis, or -tois, n. together with turtles, a well-defined order of reptiles, distinguished especially by the dorsal (carapace) and ventral (plastron) shields which protect the body.—n. Tor′toise-shell, the ho

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Tortrix

Tortrix, tor′triks, n. the typical genus of Tortricidæ, a family of small lepidopterous insects.

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Tortulous

Tortulous, tor′tū-lus, adj. having swellings at regular intervals.

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Tortuous

Tortuous, tor′tū-us, adj. twisted, winding: (fig.) deceitful.—adj. Tor′tuōse, twisted: wreathed: winding.—n. Tortuos′ity, state of being tortuous.—adv. Tor′tuously.—n. Tor′tuousness. [Fr.,—L. tortuosus—torquēre, tortum,

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Torture

Torture, tor′tūr, n. a putting to the rack or severe pain to extort a confession, or as a punishment: extreme pain: anguish of body or mind.—v.t. to put to torture or to the rack: to put to extreme pain: to annoy: to vex

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Toruffled

Toruffled, too-ruf′ld, adj. (Milt.) ruffled.

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Torula

Torula, tor′ū-la, n. a small torus: the yeast-plant.—adjs. Tor′uliform; Tor′uloid; Tor′ulose; Tor′ulous.—n. Tor′ulus, the socket of the antenna. [L. torulus, dim. of torus, swelling.]

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Torus

Torus, tō′rus, n. (archit.) a moulding in the base of columns, the profile of which is semicircular: (bot.) the receptacle or part of the flower on which the carpels stand: (anat.) a rounded ridge, esp. one on the occipi

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Tory

Tory, tō′ri, n. a Conservative in English politics—a term since 1830 largely superseded by Conservative, but since 1880 a good deal revived in the sense frequently of a non-conservative Conservative.—v.t. Tō′rify, to inf

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Tose

Tose, tōz, v.t. (obs.) to pull about, esp. to tease.—adj. Tō′sy, teased, soft.

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Tosh

Tosh, tosh, adj. (Scot.) neat, trim.

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Toss

Toss, tos, v.t. to throw up suddenly or violently: to cause to rise and fall: to make restless: to agitate, pass from one to another: to toss up with: to drink off: to dress out smartly.—v.i. to be tossed: to be in viole

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Tost

Tost, a form of tossed, pa.p. of toss.

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Tosticated

Tosticated, tos′ti-kā-ted, adj. fuddled: perplexed—also Tos′sicāted.—n. Tosticā′tion, perplexity.

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Tot

Tot, tot, n. anything little, esp. a child: a drinking-cup holding but half-a-pint, a small dram.—n. Tot′tie, a dim. of tot. [Cf. Ice. tottr, a dwarf.]

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Tot

Tot, tot, v.t. to add or sum up.—n. an addition of a long column. [Coll. abbrev. of total.]

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Total

Total, tō′tal, adj. whole: complete: undivided: unqualified, absolute.—n. the whole: the entire amount.—v.t. to bring to a total, add up: to amount to.—ns. Tōtalisā′tion; Tōtalisā′tor, Tō′talīser, an automatic betting-ma

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Tote

Tote, tōt, v.t. to carry as a personal burden, to bear.—n. Tote′-road, a rough road for carriers.

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Totem

Totem, tō′tem, n. a natural object, not an individual but one of a class, taken by a tribe, a family, or a single person, and treated with superstitious respect as an outward symbol of an existing intimate unseen relatio

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Totient

Totient, tō′shi-ent, n. the number of totitives of a number. [L. toties, so many.]

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Totipalmate

Totipalmate, tō-ti-pal′māt, adj. fully webbed in all four toes.—n. a bird showing this.—n. Totipalmā′tion.

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Totitive

Totitive, tot′i-tiv, n. a number less than another having with it no common divisor but unity.

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Totter

Totter, tot′ėr, v.i. to shake as if about to fall: to be unsteady: to stagger: to shake.—n. Tott′erer.—adv. Tott′eringly, in a tottering manner.—adjs. Tott′ery, shaky; Tott′y (Spens.), tottering, unsteady. [For tolter—M.

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Toucan

Toucan, tōō-kan′, or tōō′-, n. a genus of South American Picarian birds, with an immense beak. [Fr.,—Braz.]

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Touch

Touch, tuch, v.t. to come in contact with: to perceive by feeling: to reach: to relate to: to handle or treat gently or slightly, as in 'to touch the hat,' &c.: to take, taste: to move or soften: to influence: to move to

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Tough

Tough, tuf, adj. not easily broken: firm: stiff, viscous, sticky: stubborn, hard to manage, trying: violent: tenacious: able to endure hardship.—n. a rough, a bully.—v.t. or v.i. Tough′en, to make or become tough.—adj. T

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Toupee

Toupee, tōō-pē′, n. a little tuft or lock of hair, the top of a periwig, a small wig. [Fr. toupet.]

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Tour

Tour, tōōr, n. a going round: a journey in a circuit: a prolonged journey: a ramble.—n. Tour′ist, one who makes a tour, a traveller for sight-seeing.—adj. Touris′tic. [Fr.,—L. tornus, a turn.]

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Touraco

Touraco, tōō′ra-kō, or tōō-rä′-, n. a bird about the size of a pheasant found in the Amazon region, whose structure shows many anomalies—the sternal apparatus, the divided muscular crop, and the reptilian character of th

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Tourbillon

Tourbillon, tōōr-bil′yun, n. anything with a spiral movement: a whirlwind: a kind of firework which gyrates in the air. [Fr., a whirlwind—L. turbo.]

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Tourmalin

Tourmalin, -e, tōōr′ma-lin, n. a beautiful mineral, with vitreous lustre, mostly black, brownish-black, and bluish-black. [From Tourmali, in Ceylon, whence a variety of the stone was first brought.]

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Tournament

Tournament, tōōr′na-ment, n. a military sport of the Middle Ages in which combatants engaged one another to display their courage and skill in arms: any contest in skill involving a number of competitors and a series of

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Tourniquet

Tourniquet, tōōr′ni-ket, n. an instrument for compressing the main artery of the thigh or arm, either for the purpose of preventing too great a loss of blood in amputation, or to check dangerous hæmorrhage from accidenta

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Tournure

Tournure, tōōr-nūr′, n. contour, the characteristic turn of a drawing: a pad worn by women to give the hips a well-rounded outline, the drapery at the back of a gown.

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Touse

Touse, towz, v.t. (Spens.) to pull, to tear, to tease or worry:—pr.p. tous′ing; pa.p. toused.—n. a pull: a disturbance.—n. Tous′er, one who, or that which, touses.—v.t. Tous′le (coll.), to disarrange, to tumble.—adj. Tou

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Tout

Tout, towt, v.i. to look out for custom in an obtrusive way.—n. one who does so: a low fellow who hangs about racing-stables, &c., to pick up profitable information.—n. Tout′er, one who touts. [A.S. tótian, to look out.]

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Tout

Tout, towt, v.i. (Scot.) to pout.—n. a pet, a fit of the sulks, a sudden illness.—adj. Tout′ie, petulant.

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Tow

Tow, tō, v.t. to pull a vessel through the water with a rope.—n. originally a rope for towing with: the coarse part of flax or hemp: the act of towing.—ns. Tow′age, act of towing: money for towing; Tow′-boat, a boat that

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Toward

Toward, tō′ard, Towards, tō′ardz, prep. in the direction of: with a tendency to: for, as a help to: near, about.—adv. nearly: in a state of preparation. [A.S. tóweard, adj.—tó, to, and ward, sig. direction.]

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Toward

Toward, -ly, tō′ward, -li, adj. ready to do or learn: apt.—ns. Tō′wardness, Tō′wardliness.

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Towel

Towel, tow′el, n. a cloth for wiping the skin after it is washed, and for other purposes: an altar-cloth.—ns. Tow′el-horse, -rack, a frame for hanging towels on; Tow′elling, cloth for towels: a thrashing.—A lead towel, a

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Tower

Tower, tow′ėr, n. a lofty building, standing alone or forming part of another: a fortress: (her.) a bearing representing a tower with battlements, &c.: a high head-dress worn by women under William III. and Anne.—v.i. to

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Towhee

Towhee, tow′hē, n. the chewink, ground-robin, or marsh-robin of the United States. [Imit.]

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Town

Town, town, n. a place larger than a village, not a city: the inhabitants of a town.—ns. Town′-clerk, a clerk who keeps the records of a town; Town′-coun′cil, the governing body in a town, elected by the ratepayers; Town

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Toxicology

Toxicology, tok-si-kol′ō-ji, n. the science of poisons.—ns. Toxē′mia, Toxæ′mia, Toxicē′mia, Toxicæ′mia, blood-poisoning.—adjs. Toxē′mic, Toxæ′mic, septicemic; Tox′ic, -al, pertaining to poisons, toxicological.—adv. Tox′i

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Toxophilite

Toxophilite, tok-sof′i-līt, n. a lover of archery: an archer.—adj. Toxophilit′ic. [Gr. toxon, a bow, philein, to love.]

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Toy

Toy, toi, n. a child's plaything: a trifle: a thing only for amusement or look: a curious conceit, a story: a matter of no importance: amorous sport.—v.i. to trifle: to dally amorously.—n. Toy′er, one who toys.—adj. Toy′

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Toyle

Toyle, toil (Spens.). Same as Toil (1).

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Toze

Toze, tōz, v.t. (Shak.) to pull by violence or importunity:—pr.p. tōz′ing; pa.p. tōzed.

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Trabeated

Trabeated, trä-bē-ā′ted, adj. having an entablature: belonging to beam or lintel construction.—adj. Trab′al.—ns. Trā′bēa, a robe of state worn by consuls, augurs, &c. in ancient Rome:—pl. Trā′beæ; Trabēā′tion, an entabla

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Trace

Trace, trās, n. a mark left: footprint: a small quantity: (fort.) the ground-plan of a work.—v.t. to follow by tracks or footsteps, to discover the tracks of, to follow step by step, to traverse: to follow with exactness

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Trace

Trace, trās, n. one of the straps by which a vehicle is drawn. [O. Fr. trays, trais, same as traits, pl. of trait; cf. Trait.]

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Trachea

Trachea, tra-kē′a, n. that part of the air-passages which lies between the larynx and the bronchi:—pl. Trachē′æ.—adjs. Trā′chēal, pertaining to the trachea; Trā′chēan, having tracheæ.—n.pl. Trāchēā′ria, the tracheate ara

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Trachelium

Trachelium, trā-kē′li-um, n. the neck of a column: a genus of Campanulaceæ, native to the Mediterranean region.—adj. Trāchēlo-occip′ital, pertaining to the nape of the neck and the hind-head. [Gr. trachēlos, the neck.]

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Trachinus

Trachinus, trā-kī′nus, n. the typical genus of Trachinidæ, a family of acanthopterygian fishes, the weevers. [Gr. trachys, rough.]

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Trachle

Trachle, Trauchle, träh′l, v.t. (Scot.) to draggle: to fatigue.—n. a long and exhausting effort.—adj. Trach′ly, dirty, slovenly.

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Trachoma

Trachoma, tra-kō′ma, n. a disease of the eye, with hard pustules on the inner surface of the eyelids.

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Trachurus

Trachurus, trā-kū′rus, n. a genus of carangoid fishes, the saurels. [Gr. trachys, rough, oura, tail.]

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Trachyte

Trachyte, trā′kīt, n. a crystalline igneous rock, generally grayish in colour, usually fine-grained or compact, more or less markedly porphyritic, with large crystals of sanidine and scales of black mica.—adjs. Trachyt′i

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Tracing

Tracing, trā′sing, n. act of one who traces: act of copying by marking on thin paper the lines of a pattern placed beneath: the copy so produced.—n. Trā′cing-pā′per, a transparent paper which, when laid over a drawing, &

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Track

Track, trak, v.t. to follow by marks or footsteps: to tow: to traverse: to make marks upon.—n. a mark left: footprint: a beaten path: course laid out for horse, foot, or bicycle races: the two continuous lines of rails o

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Tract

Tract, trakt, n. something drawn out or extended: continued duration: a region, area: a short treatise: an anthem sung instead of the Alleluia after the gradual, or instead of it, from Septuagesima till Easter-eve.—n. Tr

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Tractarian

Tractarian, trakt-ār′i-an, n. one of the writers of the famous Tracts for the Times, published at Oxford during the years 1833-41—Pusey, Newman, Keble, Hurrell Froude, and Isaac Williams.—ns. Tractār′ianism, the system o

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Trade

Trade, trād, n. buying and selling: commerce: occupation, craft; men engaged in the same occupation: rubbish.—v.i. to buy and sell: to act merely for money.—v.i. to traffic with.—adjs. Trād′ed (Shak.), versed, practised;

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Trade

Trade, trād, n. (Spens.) same as Tread: (Shak.) beaten path.

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Tradition

Tradition, tra-dish′un, n. the handing down of opinions or practices to posterity unwritten: a belief or practice thus handed down.—adjs. Tradi′tional, Tradi′tionary, delivered by tradition.—ns. Tradi′tionalism; Traditio

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Traditor

Traditor, trad′i-tor, n. one of those early Christians who under persecution gave up copies of the Scriptures, the sacred vessels, or the names of their fellow-Christians. [L.,—tradĕre; to give up.]

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Traduce

Traduce, tra-dūs′, v.t. to calumniate: to defame.—ns. Traduce′ment, the act of traducing: (Shak.) misrepresentation, calumny; Tradū′cer.—adj. Tradū′cible.—adv. Tradū′cingly. [L. traducĕre, to lead along—trans, across, du

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Traduction

Traduction, tra-duk′shun, n. the act of transferring, conveyance: (Spens.) transfer: transmission from one to another, tradition: derivation from one of the same kind.—ns. Tradū′cian, one who believes in traducianism; Tr

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Traffic

Traffic, traf′ik, n. commerce: large trade: the business done on a railway, &c.—v.i. to trade: to trade meanly.—v.t. to exchange:—pr.p. traff′icking; pa.t. and pa.p. traff′icked.—n. Traff′icker.—adj. Traff′icless.—n. Tra

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Tragacanth

Tragacanth, trag′a-kanth, n. a name given to several low spiny shrubs of the genus Astragalus, found in western Asia, as well as to the mucilaginous substance or gum derived from them.

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Tragalism

Tragalism, trag′a-lizm, n. goatishness, lust.

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Tragedy

Tragedy, traj′e-di, n. a species of drama in which the action and language are elevated, and the catastrophe sad: any mournful and dreadful event.—n. Tragē′dian, an actor of tragedy:—fem. Tragē′dienne.—adjs. Trag′ic, -al

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Tragelaphus

Tragelaphus, trā-jel′a-fus, n. a fabulous animal associated with Diana: a genus of African antelopes, the boschbok, &c. [Gr.,—tragos, a goat, elaphos, a deer.]

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Tragopan

Tragopan, trag′ō-pan, n. a genus of birds in the pheasant family, represented by five species in India and China, of most brilliant plumage.

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Traguline

Traguline, trag′ū-lin, adj. goat-like.

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Tragus

Tragus, trā′gus, n. a small prominence at the entrance of the external ear: a corresponding process in bats, &c. [Gr. tragos.]

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Traik

Traik, trāk, v.i. (Scot.) to wander about, to get lost: to decline in health.—n. a misfortune: the mutton of sheep that have died of disease or accident.—adj. Traik′et, worn out.—Traik after, to dangle after.

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Trail

Trail, trāl, v.t. to draw along the ground: to hunt by tracking: to draw out, lead on: to tread down, as grass, by walking through: to carry, as a musket or pike, in an oblique forward position, the breech or the butt ne

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Train

Train, trān, v.t. to draw along: to allure: to educate: to discipline: to tame for use, as animals: to cause to grow properly: to prepare men for athletic feats, or horses for the race.—v.i. to exercise, to prepare one's

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Train-oil

Train-oil, trān′-oil, n. whale-oil extracted from the blubber by boiling. [Old Dut. traen, whale-oil.]

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Traipse

Traipse. See Trape.

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Trait

Trait, trā, or trāt, n. a drawing: a touch: a feature. [Fr.,—L. tractus, trahĕre, to draw.]

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Traitor

Traitor, trā′tur, n. one who, being trusted, betrays: one guilty of treason: a deceiver:—fem. Trait′ress.—n. Trait′orism.—adv. Trait′orly (Shak.).—adj. Trait′orous, like a traitor: perfidious: treasonable.—adv. Trait′oro

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Trajectory

Trajectory, tra-jek′tō-ri, n. the curve described by a body (as a planet or a projectile) under the action of given forces.—v.t. Traject′, to throw across.—ns. Traj′ect, a ferry: transmission; Trajec′tion, a crossing. [F

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Tram

Tram, tram, n. a tramway or tramway-line: a four-wheeled coal-wagon in pits: a beam, bar, the shaft of a cart, barrow, &c.—ns. Tram′-car, a tramway-car; Tram′pot, the socket in which an upright spindle is stepped; Tram′-

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Trammel

Trammel, tram′el, n. a net used in fowling and fishing: shackles for making a horse amble: anything that confines.—v.t. to shackle: to confine:—pr.p. tramm′elling; pa.t. and pa.p. tramm′elled.—n. Tramm′eller. [O. Fr. tra

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Tramontane

Tramontane, tra-mon′tān, adj. lying beyond the mountains (originally the Alps), from Rome: foreign: uncivilised.—n. Tramontä′na, the north wind. [L. trans, beyond, mons, montis, a mountain.]

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Tramp

Tramp, tramp, v.t. to tread, to travel over on foot: (Scot.) to tread clothes in a tub of water so as to cleanse them.—v.i. to walk, to go on foot: to wander about as a vagrant.—n. a foot-journey: a vagrant: a plate of i

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Trample

Trample, tramp′l, v.t. to tread under foot: to tread with pride, to insult.—v.i. to tread in contempt: to tread forcibly and rapidly.—n. a trampling.—n. Tramp′ler. [A freq. of tramp.]

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Trance

Trance, trans, n. a morbid sleep, differing from natural repose in duration, in profound insensibility, &c.—the concomitant or symptom of diseases of the nervous system, particularly hysteria: catalepsy.—adv. Tranced (Sh

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Tranect

Tranect, tra-nekt′, n. (Shak.) a ferry. [L. trans, across, nectĕre, to join.]

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Trangle

Trangle, trang′gl, n. (her.) one of the diminutives of the fesse.

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Trangram

Trangram, trang′gram, n. a trumpery gimcrack.—Also Trank′um.

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Trank

Trank, trangk, n. an oblong piece of skin from which the pieces for a glove are cut.

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Tranka

Tranka, trang′kä, n. a long cylindrical box balanced on their feet by jugglers.

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Tranquil

Tranquil, trang′kwil, adj. quiet: peaceful.—n. Tranquillisā′tion.—v.t. Tran′quilise, to make tranquil.—n. Tranquillī′ser.—adv. Tran′quillisingly.—n. Tranquill′ity.—adv. Tran′quilly.—n. Tran′quilness, state of being tranq

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Trans-shape

Trans-shape, trans-shāp′, v.t. (Shak.) to change into another shape, to transform.

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Trans-ship

Trans-ship. Same as Tranship.

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Transact

Transact, trans-akt′, v.t. to manage: to perform.—v.i. to manage anything.—ns. Transac′tion, act of transacting: management of any affair: an affair: (pl.) the reports or publications of certain learned societies; Transa

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Transalpine

Transalpine, trans-al′pin, adj. beyond the Alps (in regard to Rome). [L. transalpinus—trans, beyond, Alpinus, pertaining to the Alps.]

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Transatlantic

Transatlantic, trans-at-lan′tik, adj. beyond the Atlantic Ocean: crossing the Atlantic.

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Transcend

Transcend, tran-send′, v.t. to rise above: to surmount: to surpass: to exceed.—ns. Transcen′dence, Transcen′dency.—adjs. Transcen′dent, transcending: superior or supreme in excellence: surpassing others: as applicable to

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Transcribe

Transcribe, tran-skrīb′, v.t. to write over from one book into another: to copy.—ns. Transcrib′er; Trans′cript, that which is transcribed: a copy; Transcrip′tion, the act of copying: a transcript: a copy.—adjs. Transcrip

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Transcurrent

Transcurrent, trans-kur′ent, adj. passing transversely, as the postfrena of a beetle.

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Transductor

Transductor, trans-duk′tor, n. that which draws across, esp. a muscle of the great-toe.—n. Transduc′tion, the act of carrying over.

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Transenna

Transenna, tran-sen′a, n. a lattice-grating for enclosing shrines, as those of martyrs, while yet allowing the coffer to be seen.

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Transept

Transept, tran′sept, n. one of the wings or cross-aisles of a church, at right angles to the nave. [L. trans, across, septum, an enclosure—sepes, a hedge.]

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Transfard

Transfard, trans-fard′, p.adj. (Spens.) transferred.

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Transfer

Transfer, trans-fėr′, v.t. to carry or bring over: to convey to another place: to remove: to transport:—pr.p. transfer′ring; pa.t. and pa.p. transferred′.—ns. Trans′fer, the act of transferring: the conveyance of anythin

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Transfiguration

Transfiguration, trans-fig-ūr-ā′shun, n. a change of form.—v.t. Transfig′ure (rare), to change the figure or form of: to change the appearance of—also Transfig′ūrāte.—n. Transfig′urement.—The Transfiguration, the superna

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Transfix

Transfix, trans-fiks′, v.t. to pierce through.—n. Transfis′sion, cross-section.—adj. Transfixed′.—n. Transfix′ion.

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Transfluent

Transfluent, trans′flōō-ent, adj. flowing through.—n. Transflux′, a flowing through.

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Transforate

Transforate, trans′fō-rāt, v.t. to bore through.—n. Transforā′tion.

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Transform

Transform, trans-form′, v.t. to change the shape of: to change into another substance: to change the disposition.—v.i. to be changed in form or substance.—adj. Transfor′mable.—ns. Transformā′tion, change of form or subst

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Transfrontier

Transfrontier, trans-fron′tēr, adj. beyond the frontier.

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Transfuge

Transfuge, trans′fūj, n. a deserter.—Also Transfū′gitive. [L. transfuga, a deserter.]

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Transfund

Transfund, trans-fund′, v.t. to transfuse.

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Transfuse

Transfuse, trans-fūz′, v.t. to pour out into another vessel: to cause to pass from one to another: to cause to be imbibed.—n. Transfū′ser.—adj. Transfū′sible, capable of being transfused.—ns. Transfū′sion, the act of tra

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Transgress

Transgress, trans-gres′, v.t. to pass beyond a limit: to break, as a law.—v.i. to offend by violating a law: to sin.—adj. Transgres′sible.—n. Transgres′sion, the act of transgressing: violation of a law or command: offen

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Tranship

Tranship, tran-ship′, v.t. to convey from one ship into another, or from one conveyance to another.—ns. Tranship′ment; Tranship′per; Tranship′ping.

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Transhuman

Transhuman, trans-hū′man, adj. more than human.—v.t. Transhū′manise, to elevate into a higher or heavenly nature.

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Transient

Transient, tran′shent, adj. passing: of short duration: not lasting: momentary: (mus.) intermediate.—ns. Tran′sience, Tran′siency, transientness.—adv. Tran′siently.—n. Tran′sientness. [L. transiens—trans, across, īre, it

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Transilient

Transilient, tran-sil′i-ent, adj. leaping across.—n. Transil′iency. [L. transīlire, to leap across.]

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Transillumination

Transillumination, trans-il-lū-mi-nā′shun, n. a shining through.

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Transisthmian

Transisthmian, trans-ist′mi-an, adj. extending across an isthmus.

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Transit

Transit, tran′sit, n. a passing over: conveyance: (astron.) the passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place: the passage of a planet over the sun's disc: a transit circle, or instrument, for observing the tra

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Translate

Translate, trans-lāt′, v.t. to remove to another place: to render into another language: to explain: to transfer from one office to another: to transform.—adj. Translā′table, capable of being translated or rendered into

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Transleithan

Transleithan, trans-lī′than, adj. beyond the Leitha, the boundary river between the archduchy of Austria and Hungary.

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Transliterate

Transliterate, trans-lit′e-rāt, v.t. to express the words of one language in the alphabetic characters of another.—ns. Transliterā′tion; Translit′erātor.

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Translucent

Translucent, trans-lū′sent, adj. shining through: allowing light to pass, but not transparent: clear.—ns. Translū′cence, Translū′cency.—adv. Translū′cently.—adj. Translū′cid, translucent. [L. translucens—trans, across, l

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Translunar

Translunar, trans-lū′nar, adj. beyond the moon.—Also Trans′lūnary.

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Transmarine

Transmarine, trans-ma-rēn′, adj. across or beyond the sea.

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Transmeable

Transmeable, trans′mē-a-bl, adj. capable of being traversed.—v.t. Trans′mēate.—n. Transmeā′tion.

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Transmew

Transmew, trans-mū′, v.t. (Spens.) to transmute, to transpose.

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Transmigrate

Transmigrate, trans′mi-grāt, v.i. to migrate or remove across, esp. to another country: to pass into another country or state.—adj. Trans′migrant.—ns. Transmigrā′tion, the act of removing to another country: the passing

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Transmit

Transmit, trans-mit′, v.t. to send across to another person or place: to suffer to pass through:—pr.p. transmit′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. transmit′ted.—n. Transmissibil′ity.—adjs. Transmis′sible, Transmit′tible, that may be

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Transmogrify

Transmogrify, trans-mog′ri-fī, v.t. (coll.) to transform into something else, as by magic.—n. Transmogrificā′tion.

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Transmontane

Transmontane, trans-mon-tān′, adj. across a mountain.

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Transmorphism

Transmorphism, trans-mor′fizm, n. the evolution of one thing from another. [L. trans, over, Gr. morphē, form.]

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