Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 26
Tewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tew.
Tew (v. t.) To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw.
Tew (v. t.) Hence, to beat; to scourge; also, to pull about; to maul; to tease; to vex. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Tew (v. i.) To work hard; to strive; to fuse. [Local]
Tew (v. t.) To tow along, as a vessel. [Obs.] -- Drayton.
Tew (n.) A rope or chain for towing a boat; also, a cord; a string. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Tewan (n.) (Ethnol.) A tribe of American Indians including many of the Pueblos of New Mexico and adjacent regions.
Tewed (a.) Fatigued; worn with labor or hardship. [Obs. or Local] -- Mir. for Mag.
Tewel (n.) A pipe, funnel, or chimney, as for smoke. -- Chaucer.
Tewel (n.) The tuyere of a furnace.
Tewhit (n.) (Zool.) The lapwing; -- called also teewheep. [Prov. Eng.]
Tewtaw (v. t.) To beat; to break, as flax or hemp. [Obs.] -- Mortimer.
Texas (n.) A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc. [Western U. S.] -- Knight.
Texas (n.) The second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico [syn: Texas, Lone-Star State, TX].
TEXAS. () The name of one of the new states of the United, States of America.
Texas was an independent republic. By the joint resolution of congress of March 1, 1845, congress gave consent that the republic of Texas might be erected into a new state, to be called the state of Texas, with a republican form of government to be adopted by the people. And by the joint resolution of congress of the 29th day of December, 1845, the state of Texas was admitted into the union on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever.
TEXAS. () 2. The constitution of the state was adopted in convention by the deputies of the people of Texas, at the city of Austin the 27th day of August, 1845.
TEXAS. () 3. By the second article, it is provided that the powers of the government of the state of Texas shall be divided into three distinct departments, and each of them be confided to a separate body of magistracy,
to wit: those which are legislative, to one; those which are executive, to another; and those which are judicial, to another; and no person, or collection of persons, being of one of those departments, shall exercise any power properly attached to either of the others, except in the instances herein expressly permitted.
TEXAS. () 4.-Sec. 1. In considering the legislative power, it will be proper to consider, 1. The qualification of voters. 2. The rights of members of the legislature. 3. The senate. 4. The house of representatives.
TEXAS. () 5.-1. By sections. 1st and 2d, it is declared that every free male person who shall have attained the age of twenty-one years, and who shall be a citizen of the United States, or who is, at the time of the adoption of this constitution by the congress of the United States, a citizen of the republic of Texas, and shall have resided in this state one year next preceding an election, and the last six months within the district, county, city, or town in which he offers to vote, (Indians not taxed, Africans, and the descendants of Africans, excepted,) shall be deemed a qualified elector and should such qualified elector happen to be in any other county situated in the district in which he resides at the time of an election, he shall be permitted to vote for any district officer: Provided, That the qualified electors shall be permitted to vote anywhere in the state for state officers: And provided further, That no soldier, seaman, or marine, in the army or navy of the United States, shall be entitled to vote at any election created by this constitution.
TEXAS. () Sect. 2. All free male persons over the age of twenty-one years, (Indians not taxed, Africans, and descendants of Africans, excepted,) who shall have resided six months in Texas, immediately preceding the acceptance of this constitution by the congress, of the United States, shall be deemed qualified electors.
TEXAS. () 6.-2. The powers of the two houses are defined by the following sections of the third article, namely,
TEXAS. () Sec. 12. The house of representatives, when assembled, shall elect a speaker and its other officers; and the senate shall choose a president for the time being, and its other officers. Each house shall judge of the qualifications and elections of its own members; but contested elections shall be determined in such manner as shall be directed by law. Two-thirds of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide.
TEXAS. () Sec. 13. Each house may determine the rules of its own proceedings; punish members for disorderly conduct; and with the consent of two-thirds, expel a member, but not a second time for the same offence.
TEXAS. () Sec. 14. Each house shall keep a journal of its own proceedings, and publish the same; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of any three members present, be entered on the journals.
TEXAS. () Sec. 16. Senators and representatives shall, in all cases, except in treason, felony, or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during the session of the legislature; and, in going to and returning from the same, allowing one day for every twenty miles such member may reside from the place at which the legislature is convened.
TEXAS. () Sec. 17. Each house may punish, by imprisonment during the session, any person, not a member, for disrespectful or disorderly conduct in its presence, or for obstructing,any of its proceedings, provided such imprisonment shall not, at any one time, exceed forty-eight hours.
TEXAS. () Sec. 18. The doors of each house shall be kept open.
TEXAS. () 7.-3. The senate will be considered by taking a view, 1. Of the qualifications of senators. 2. Of the time of their election. 3. Of the length of their service. 4. By whom chosen.
TEXAS. () 8.-1st. The 11th section of the 3d article of the constitution directs that no person shall be a senator unless he be a citizen of the United States, or at the time of the acceptance of this constitution by the congress of the United States a citizen of the republic of Texas, and shall have been an inhabitant of this state three years next preceding the election; and the last year thereof a resident of the district for which he shall be chosen, and have attained the age of thirty years.
TEXAS. () 9.-2d. Elections are to be held at such times and places as are now or may hereafter be designated by law. Art. 3, s. 7.
TEXAS. () 10.-3d. Senator; are duly elected for four years.
TEXAS. () 11.-4th. Senators are chosen by the qualified electors.
TEXAS. () 12.-1. The house of representatives will be considered in the same order which has been observed in speaking of the senate.
TEXAS. () 13.-1st. By the 6th section of the 3d article of the constitution, it is declared that no person shall be a representative unless he be a citizen of the United States, or at the time of the adoption of this constitution a citizen of the republic of Texas, and shall have been an inhabitant of this state two years next preceding his election, and the last year thereof a citizen of the county, city, or town for which he shall be chosen, and shall have attained the age of twenty-one years at the time of his election.
TEXAS. () 14.-2d. Elections are to be held at such times and places as 'are now or may hereafter be designated by law. Art. 3, s. 7.
TEXAS. () 15.-3d. The members of the house of representatives hold their office for two, years from the day of the general election; and the sessions of the legislature shall be biennial, at such times as shall be prescribed by law. Art. 3, s. 6.
TEXAS. () 16.-4th. The members of the house of representatives shall be chosen by the qualified electors. Art. 3, s. 5.
TEXAS. () 17.-Sec. 2. The judicial power is vested in one supreme court, in district courts, and in such inferior courts as the legislature may from time to time ordain and establish; and such jurisdiction may be vested in corporation courts. as may be deemed necessary, and be directed by law. Art. 4, s. 1. Each of these will be separately considered.
TEXAS. () 18.-1. The supreme court will be considered by, 1. Taking a view of the appointment of the judges, and the time during which they hold their office. 2. The organization of the court. 3. Its jurisdiction.
TEXAS. () 19.-1st. The governor shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the senate, shall appoint the judges of the supreme and district courts, and they shall hold their offices for six years. Art. 4, s. 5.
TEXAS. () 20.-2d. The supreme court shall consist of a chief justice and two associates, any two of whom shall form a quorum. 4, s. 2. It appoints its own clerk.
TEXAS. () 21.-3d. The 3d section of the 4th article of the constitution declares that the supreme court shall have appellate jurisdiction only, which shall be co-extensive with the limits of the state; but in criminal cases, and in appeals from interlocutory judgments, with such exceptions and under such regulations as the legislature shall make; And the supreme court and judges thereof shall have power to issue the writ of habeas corpus, and, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law, may issue Writs of mandamus, and such other writs as, shall be necessary to enforce its own jurisdiction; and also compel a judge of the district court to proceed to trial and judgment in a cause; and the supreme court shall hold its sessions once every year, between the months of October and June inclusive, at not more than three places in the state.
TEXAS. () 22.-2. The circuit courts will be considered in the same order observed with regard to the supreme court.
TEXAS. () 23.-1st. Circuit court judges are appointed in the same way as judges of the supreme court, and hold their office for the same time.
TEXAS. () 24.-2d. By the 6th section of the 4th article of the constitution, if is directed that the state shall be divided into convenient judicial districts. For each district there shall be appointed a Judge, who shall reside in the same, and hold the courts at one place in each county, and at least twice in each year, in such manner as may be prescribed by law. The clerk is elected by the qualified voters of members of the legislature. Art. 4, s. 11.
TEXAS. () 24.-3d. By the tenth section of the fourth article, jurisdiction is given to the district courts in these words: The district court shall have original jurisdiction of all criminal cases, of all suits in behalf of the state to recover penalties, forfeitures and escheats, and of all cases of divorce, and of all suits, complaints, and pleas whatever, without regard to any distinction between law and equity, when the matter in controversy shall be valued at or amount to one hundred dollars, exclusive of interest; and the said courts, or the judges thereof, shall have power to issue all writs necessary to enforce their own jurisdiction, and give them a general superintendence and control over inferior jurisdictions; and in the trial of all criminal cases, the jury trying the same shall find and assess the amount of punishment to be inflicted, or fine imposed; except in capital cases, and where the. punishment or fine imposed shall be specifically imposed by law.
TEXAS. () 25.-Sec. 3. The supreme executive power is vested in a governor. We will consider, 1. His qualifications. 2. By whom elected. 3. Duration of his office. 4. His power and duty.
TEXAS. () 26.-1st. He must be at least thirty years of age, be a citizen of the United States, or a citizen of Texas, at the time of the adoption of the constitution, and shall have resided in the same three years next immediately preceding his election. Art. 5, s. 4.
TEXAS. () 27.-2d. The governor shall be elected by the qualified electors of the state, at the time and places of elections for members of the legislature. Art. 5, s. 2.
TEXAS. () 28.-3d. He holds his office for two years from the regular time of installation, and until his successor shall have been duly qualified, but shall not be eligible for more than four years in any term of six years. Art. 5, s. 4.
TEXAS. () 29.-4th. He is commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the state -- may require information from officers of the executive department -- may convene the legislature, or adjourn the same, when the houses cannot agree-- may recommend measures to the legislature -- shall cause the laws to be executed. Art. 5.
TEXAS. () 30. There shall be a lieutenant governor, who shall be chosen at every election for governor, by the same persons and in the same manner, continue in office for the same time, and, possess the same qualifications. In voting for governor and lieutenant-governor, the electors shall distinguish for whom they vote as governor, and for whom as lieutenant-governor. The lieutenant governor shall, by virtue of his office, be president of the senate, and have, when in committee of the whole, a right to debate and vote on all questions, and when the senate is equally divided, to give the casting vote. In case of the death, resignation, removal from office, inability or refusal of the governor to serve or of his impeachment or absence from the state, the lieutenant governor shall exercise the power and authority appertaining to the office of governor until another be chosen at the periodical election and be duly qualified or until the governor impeached, absent, or disabled, shall be acquitted, return, or his disability be removed. Art. 5, s. 12.
Texas -- U.S. County in Missouri
Population (2000): 23003
Housing Units (2000): 10764
Land area (2000): 1178.535777 sq. miles (3052.393520 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.701040 sq. miles (1.815685 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1179.236817 sq. miles (3054.209205 sq. km)
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 37.294746 N, 91.971220 W
Headwords:
Texas
Texas, MO
Texas County
Texas County, MO
Texas -- U.S. County in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 20107
Housing Units (2000): 8014
Land area (2000): 2037.158298 sq. miles (5276.215545 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 11.656530 sq. miles (30.190273 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2048.814828 sq. miles (5306.405818 sq. km)
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.746891 N, 101.465501 W
Headwords:
Texas
Texas, OK
Texas County
Texas County, OK
Text (n.) A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary.
Text (n.) The four Gospels, by way of distinction or eminence.
Text (n.) A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
Text (n.) Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.
Text (n.) A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a kind of type used in printing; as, German text.
Text (v. t.) To write in large characters, as in text hand.
Text-book (n.) A book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for notes.
Text-book (n.) A volume, as of some classical author, on which a teacher lectures or comments; hence, any manual of instruction; a schoolbook.
Text-hand (n.) A large hand in writing; -- so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book in a large hand and the notes in a smaller hand.
Textile (a.) Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.
Textile (n.) That which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving.
Textmen (n. pl. ) of Textman
Textman (n.) One ready in quoting texts.
Textorial (a.) Of or pertaining to weaving.
Textrine (a.) Of or pertaining to weaving, textorial; as, the textrine art.
Textual (a.) Of, pertaining to, or contained in, the text; as, textual criticism; a textual reading.
Textual (a.) Serving for, or depending on, texts.
Textual (a.) Familiar with texts or authorities so as to cite them accurately.
Textualist (n.) A textman; a textuary.
Textually (adv.) In a textual manner; in the text or body of a work; in accordance with the text.
Textuarist (n.) A textuary.
Textuary (a.) Contained in the text; textual.
Textuary (a.) Serving as a text; authoritative.
Textuary (n.) One who is well versed in the Scriptures; a textman.
Textuary (n.) One who adheres strictly or rigidly to the text.
Textuel (a.) Textual.
Textuist (n.) A textualist; a textman.
Textural (a.) Of or pertaining to texture.
Texture (n.) The act or art of weaving.
Texture (n.) That which woven; a woven fabric; a web.
Texture (n.) The disposition or connection of threads, filaments, or other slender bodies, interwoven; as, the texture of cloth or of a spider's web.
Texture (n.) The disposition of the several parts of any body in connection with each other, or the manner in which the constituent parts are united; structure; as, the texture of earthy substances or minerals; the texture of a plant or a bone; the texture of paper; a loose or compact texture.
Texture (n.) A tissue. See Tissue.
Textured (imp. & p. p.) of Texture.
Texturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Texture.
Texture (v. t.) To form a texture of or with; to interweave.
Textury (n.) The art or process of weaving; texture.
Teyne (n.) A thin plate of metal.
Tezgam (n.) Tezgam是巴基斯坦卡拉奇和拉瓦爾品第之間的每日特快列車服務。 Tezgam意味著快跑。它是巴基斯坦最古老，最受歡迎的火車之一。它始於20世紀50年代卡拉奇和白沙瓦之間。後來它的路線縮短為卡拉奇和拉瓦爾品第。 Tezgam有經濟型，AC商務和AC Sleeper住宿。 Is a daily express train service between Karachi and Rawalpindi in Pakistan. Tezgam means fast runner. It is one of the oldest and popular trains of Pakistan. It was started in 1950s between Karachi and Peshawar. Later its route was shortened to Karachi and Rawalpindi. [1]
Tezgam has Economy, AC Business and AC Sleeper accommodation. It covers 1,548 kilometres (962 mi) distance from Karachi to Rawalpindi in 25 hours and 30 minutes.
On 31 October 2019, A Tezgam express train caught fire after a gas cylinder brought by a passenger exploded. The fire engulfed three carriages, killing at least 74 people and injuring 30 more. Investigation is still undergoing, however the most likely reason to the fire was criminal negligence of Pakistan railway, allowing a gas cylinder on board.
Th () In Old English, the article the, when the following word began with a vowel, was often written with elision as if a part of the word. Thus in Chaucer, the forms thabsence, tharray, thegle, thend, thingot, etc., are found for the absence, the array, the eagle, the end, etc.
Thack () Alt. of Thacker
Thacker () See Thatch, Thatcher.
Thak (v. t.) To thwack.
Thalamencephalon (n.) The segment of the brain next in front of the midbrain, including the thalami, pineal gland, and pituitary body; the diencephalon; the interbrain.
Thalamic (a.) Of or pertaining to a thalamus or to thalami.
Thalamifloral (a.) Alt. of Thalamiflorous
Thalamiflorous (a.) Bearing the stamens directly on the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of polypetalous dicotyledonous plants in the system of De Candolle.
Thalamocoele (n.) The cavity or ventricle of the thalamencephalon; the third ventricle.
Thalamophora (n. pl.) Same as Foraminifera.
Thalami (n. pl. ) of Thalamus
Thalamus (n.) A mass of nervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain; -- called also optic thalamus.
Thalamus (n.) Same as Thallus.
Thalamus (n.) The receptacle of a flower; a torus.
Thalassian (n.) Any sea tortoise.
Thalassic (a.) Of or pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to rocks formed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom.
Thalassinian (n.) Any species of Thalaassinidae, a family of burrowing macrurous Crustacea, having a long and soft abdomen.
Thalassography (n.) The study or science of the life of marine organisms. -- Agassiz.
Thaler (n.) A former German silver coin worth about three shillings sterling, or about 73 cents, around 1900.
Thaler. () The name of a coin. The thaler of Prussia and of the northern states of Germany is deemed as money of account, at the custom-house, to be of the value of sixty-nine cents. Act of May 22, 1846.
Thaler. () The thaler of Bremen, of seventy-two grotes, is deemed of the value of seventy-one cents. Act of March 3, 1843.
Thalia (n.) (Class. Myth.) That one of the nine Muses who presided over comedy.
Thalia (n.) (Class. Myth.) One of the three Graces.
Thalia (n.) (Class. Myth.) One of the Nereids.
Thalia (n.) (Greek mythology) The Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry.
Thalia (n.) (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces.
Thaliacea (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of Tunicata comprising the free-swimming species, such as Salpa and Doliolum.
Thaliacea (n.) Small class of free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order [syn: Thaliacea, class Thaliacea].
Thalian (a.) Of or pertaining to Thalia; hence, of or pertaining to comedy; comic.
Thallate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of a hypothetical thallic acid.
Thallene (n.) (Chem.) A hydrocarbon obtained from coal-tar residues, and remarkable for its intense yellowish green fluorescence.
Thallic (a.) (Chem.) Of or pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with the thallous compounds; as, thallic oxide.
Thalline (a.) (Bot.) Consisting of a thallus.
Thalline (n.) (Chem.) An artificial alkaloid of the quinoline series, obtained as a white crystalline substance, C10H13NO, whose salts are valuable as antipyretics; -- so called from the green color produced in its solution by certain oxidizing agents.
Thallious (a.) (Chem.) See Thallous.
Thallium (n.) (Chem.) A rare metallic element of the aluminium group found in some minerals, as certain pyrites, and also in the lead-chamber deposit in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. It is isolated as a heavy, soft, bluish white metal, easily oxidized in moist air, but preserved by keeping under water. Symbol Tl. Atomic weight 203.7.
Thallium (n.) A soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air; it is highly toxic and is used in rodent and insect poisons; occurs in zinc blende and some iron ores [syn: thallium, Tl, atomic number 81].
Thallogen (n.) (Bot.) One of a large class or division of the vegetable kingdom, which includes those flowerless plants, such as fungi, algae, and lichens, that consist of a thallus only, composed of cellular tissue, or of a congeries of cells, or even of separate cells, and never show a distinction into root, stem, and leaf.
Thalloid (a.) (Bot.) Resembling, or consisting of, thallus.
Thalloid (a.) Of or relating to or resembling or consisting of a thallus.
Thallophyte (n.) (Bot.) A plant belonging to the Thallophyta. -- Thal`lo*phyt"ic, a.
Thallophyte (n.) (Bot.) Same as Thallogen.
Thallophyte (n.) Any of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting principally of a thallus and thus showing no differentiation into stem and root and leaf.
Thallous (a.) Of or pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the thallic compounds.
Thalli (n. pl. ) of Thallus
Thallus (n.) A solid mass of cellular tissue, consisting of one or more layers, usually in the form of a flat stratum or expansion, but sometimes erect or pendulous, and elongated and branching, and forming the substance of the thallogens.
Thammuz (n.) Alt. of Tammuz.
Tammuz (n.) A deity among the ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatresses held an annual lamentation. This deity has been conjectured to be the same with the Phoenician Adon, or Adonis.
Tammuz (n.) The fourth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of July.
Thamnophile (n.) A bush shrike.
Thamyn (n.) An Asiatic deer (Rucervus Eldi) resembling the swamp deer; -- called also Eld's deer.
Than (conj.) A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer than that you should want.
Than (adv.) Then. See Then.
Thanage (n.) The district in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction; thanedom.
Thanatoid (a.) Deathlike; resembling death.
Thanatology (n.) A description, or the doctrine, of death.
Thanatopsis (n.) A view of death; a meditation on the subject of death.
Thane (n.) 【英史】大鄉紳（以服兵役而得領地，地位在自由民與伯爵之間）；【蘇格蘭】受封采邑的領主；男爵銜族長 A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place.
Note: Among the ancient Scots, thane was a title of honor, which seems gradually to have declined in its significance. -- Jamieson.
Thane (n.) A feudal lord or baron.
Thane (n.) A man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a noble in Anglo-Saxon England (especially one who gave military service in exchange for land).