Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 46
Tithingmen (n. pl. ) of Tithingman.
Tithingman (n.) (O. Eng. Law) The chief man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected to preside over the tithing.
Tithingman (n.) (Law) A peace officer; an under constable.
Tithingman (n.) A parish officer elected annually to preserve good order in the church during divine service, to make complaint of any disorderly conduct, and to enforce the observance of the Sabbath. [Local, U. S.]
Compare: Headborough
Headborough, Headborrow (n.) The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder. [Eng.] -- Blackstone.
Headborough, Headborrow (n.) (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.]
Tithly (a.) Tightly; nimbly. [Obs.] "I have seen him trip it tithly." -- Beau. & Fl.
Tithonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or denoting, those rays of light which produce chemical effects; actinic. [R.]
Tithonicity (n.) (Chem. & Physics) The state or property of being tithonic; actinism. [R.]
Tithonographic (a.) Of, relating to, or produced by, the chemical action of rays of light; photographic.
Tithonometer (n.) An instrument or apparatus for measuring or detecting tithonicity; an actinometer. [R.]
Tithymal (n.) (Bot.) Any kind of spurge, esp. Euphorbia Cyparissias.
Compare: Teetee
Teetee (n.) (Zool.) 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.
Teetee (n.) (Zool.) A diving petrel of Australia ({Halodroma wrinatrix).
Titi (n.) (Zool.) 伶猴 Same as Teetee.
Titi (n.) A tree of the southern United States ({Cliftonia monophylla) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes; -- called also black titi, buckwheat tree, and ironwood.
Titi (n.) Any related tree of the genus Cyrilla, often disting. As white titi.
Titi (n.) Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers [syn: titi, buckwheat tree, Cliftonia monophylla].
Compare: Cyrilla
Cyrilla (n.) Shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage [syn: cyrilla, leatherwood, white titi, Cyrilla racemiflora].
Titi (n.) Deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves [syn: sorrel tree, sourwood, titi, Oxydendrum arboreum].
Titi (n.) Small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail [syn: titi, titi monkey].
Titillated (imp. & p. p.) of Titillate.
Titillating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Titillate.
Titillate (v. t. & i.) To tickle; as, to titillate the nose with a feather.
The pungent grains of titillating dust. -- Pope.
Titillate (v. t. & i.) To arouse an agreeable sensation in; as, to titillate one's imagination; to titillate one's audience; to titillate the senses.
Titillate (v.) Touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements [syn: tickle, titillate, vellicate].
Titillate (v.) Excite pleasurably or erotically; "A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine."
Titillation (n.) The act of tickling, or the state of being tickled; a tickling sensation. -- A. Tucker.
Titillation (n.) Any pleasurable sensation.
Those titillations that reach no higher than the senses. -- Glanvill.
Titillation (n.) A tingling feeling of excitement (as from teasing or tickling).
Titillation (n.) An agreeable arousal
Titillation (n.) The act of tickling [syn: tickle, tickling, titillation].
Titillative (a.) Tending or serving to titillate, or tickle; tickling. Titivate
Titlark (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous small spring birds belonging to Anthus, Corydalla, and allied genera, which resemble the true larks in color and in having a very long hind claw; especially, the European meadow pipit ({Anthus pratensis).
Titlark (n.) A songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage [syn: pipit, titlark, lark].
Title (n.) An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.
Title (n.) The inscription in the beginning of a book, usually containing the subject of the work, the author's and publisher's names, the date, etc.
Title (n.) (Bookbindng) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
Title (n.) A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. (Roman & Canon Laws), a chapter or division of a law book.
Title (n.) An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preeminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc.
With his former title greet Macbeth. -- Shak.
Title (n.) A name; an appellation; a designation.
Title (n.) (Law) That which constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession; that which is the foundation of ownership of property, real or personal; a right; as, a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title.
Title (n.) (Law) The instrument which is evidence of a right.
Title (n.) (Law) (Canon Law) That by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
Title (n.) (Anc. Church Records) A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
Title deeds (Law), The muniments or evidences of ownership; as, the title deeds to an estate.
Syn: Epithet; name; appellation; denomination. See epithet, and Name.
Titled (imp. & p. p.) of Title.
Titling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Title.
Title (v. t.) To call by a title; to name; to entitle.
Hadrian, having quieted the island, took it for honor to be titled on his coin, "The Restorer of Britain." -- Milton.
Compare: Cloud
Cloud (n.) A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.
I do set my bow in the cloud. -- Gen. ix. 13.
Note: A classification of clouds according to their chief forms was first proposed by the meteorologist Howard, and this is still substantially employed. The following varieties and subvarieties are recognized:
(a) Cirrus. This is the most elevated of all the forms of clouds; is thin, long-drawn, sometimes looking like carded wool or hair, sometimes like a brush or room, sometimes in curl-like or fleecelike patches. It is the cat's-tail of the sailor, and the mare's-tail of the landsman.
(b) Cumulus. This form appears in large masses of a hemispherical form, or nearly so, above, but flat below, one often piled above another, forming great clouds, common in the summer, and presenting the appearance of gigantic mountains crowned with snow. It often affords rain and thunder gusts.
(c) Stratus. This form appears in layers or bands extending horizontally.
(d) Nimbus. This form is characterized by its uniform gray tint and ragged edges; it covers the sky in seasons of continued rain, as in easterly storms, and is the proper rain cloud. The name is sometimes used to denote a raining cumulus, or cumulostratus.
(e) Cirro-cumulus. This form consists, like the cirrus, of thin, broken, fleecelice clouds, but the parts are more or less rounded and regulary grouped. It is popularly called mackerel sky.
(f) Cirro-stratus. In this form the patches of cirrus coalesce in long strata, between cirrus and stratus.
(g) Cumulo-stratus. A form between cumulus and stratus, often assuming at the horizon a black or bluish tint. -- Fog, cloud, motionless, or nearly so, lying near or in contact with the earth's surface. -- Storm scud, cloud lying quite low, without form, and driven rapidly with the wind.
Cloud (n.) A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor. "A thick cloud of incense." -- Ezek. viii. 11.
Cloud (n.) A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble; hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's reputation; a cloud on a title.
Cloud (n.) That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect; that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or depresses; as, a cloud of sorrow; a cloud of war; a cloud upon the intellect.
Cloud (n.) A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection. "So great a cloud of witnesses." -- Heb. xii. 1.
Cloud (n.) A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head.
Cloud on a (or the) title (Law), A defect of title, usually superficial and capable of removal by release, decision in equity, or legislation.
To be under a cloud, To be under suspicion or in disgrace; to be in disfavor.
In the clouds, In the realm of facy and imagination; beyond reason; visionary.
Title (n.) A heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with; "Title 8 provided federal help for schools" [syn: title, statute title, rubric].
Title (n.) The name of a work of art or literary composition etc.; "he looked for books with the word `jazz' in the title"; "he refused to give titles to his paintings"; "I can never remember movie titles."
Title (n.) A general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work; "the novel had chapter titles."
Title (n.) The status of being a champion; "he held the title for two years" [syn: championship, title].
Title (n.) A legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment" [syn: deed, deed of conveyance, title].
Title (n.) An identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'; "the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title" [syn: title, title of respect, form of address].
Title (n.) An established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim" [syn: title, claim].
Title (n.) (Usually plural) Written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action; "the titles go by faster than I can read."
Title (n.) An appellation signifying nobility; "`your majesty' is the appropriate title to use in addressing a king."
Title (n.) An informal right to something; "his claim on her attentions"; "his title to fame" [syn: claim, title].
Title (v.) Give a title to [syn: entitle, title].
Title (v.) Designate by an identifying term; "They styled their nation `The Confederate States'" [syn: style, title].
TITLE, () estates. A title is defined by Lord Coke to be the means whereby the owner of lands hath the just possession of his property. Co. Lit. 345; 2 Bl. Com. 195. Vide 1 Ohio Rep. 349. This is the definition of title to lands only.
TITLE, () There are several stages or degrees requisite to form a complete title to lands and tenements. 1st. The lowest and most imperfect degree of title is the mere possession, or actual occupation of the estate, without any apparent right to hold or continue such possession; this happens when one man disseises another. 2 Bl. Com. 195. 2dly. The next step to a good and perfect title is the right of possession, which may reside in one man, while the actual possession is not in himself, but in another. This right of possession is of two sorts; an apparent right of possession, which may be defeated by proving a better; and an actual right of possession, which will stand the test against all opponents. Idem. 196. 3dly. The mere right of property, the jus proprietatis without either possession or the right of possession. Id. 197.
TITLE, () A title is either good, marketable, doubtful, or bad.
TITLE, () A good title is that which entitles a man by right to a property or estate, and to the lawful possession of the same.
TITLE, () A marketable title is one which a court of equity considers to be so clear that it will enforce its acceptance by a purchaser. The ordinary acceptation of the term marketable title, would convey but a very imperfect notion of its legal and technical import.
TITLE, () To common apprehension, unfettered by the technical and conventional distinction of lawyers, all titles being either good or bad, the former would be considered marketable, the latter non-marketable. But this is not the way they are regarded in courts of equity, the distinction taken there being not between a title which is absolutely good or absolutely bad, but between a title, which the court considers to be so clear that it will enforce its acceptance by a purchaser, and one which the court will not go so far as to declare a bad title, but only that it is subject to so much doubt that a purchaser ought not to be compelled to accept it. 1 Jac. & Walk. R. 568. In short, whatever may be the private opinion of the court, as to the goodness of the title yet if there be a reasonable doubt either as to a matter of law or fact involved in it, a purchaser will not be compelled to complete his purchase; and such a title, though it may be perfectly secure and unimpeachable as a holding title is said, in the current language of the day, to be unmarketable. Atkins on Tit.2.
TITLE, () The doctrine of marketable titles is purely equitable and of modern origin. Id. 26. At law every title not bad is marketable. 6 Taunt. R. 263; 5 Taunt. R. 625; S. C. 1 Marsh., R. 258. See Dalzell v. Crawford, 2 Penn. Law Journ. 17.
TITLE, () A doubtful title is one which the court does not consider to be so clear that it will enforce its acceptance by a purchaser, nor so defective as to declare it a bad title, but only subject to so much doubt that a purchaser ought not to be compelled to accept it. 1 Jac. & Walk. R. 568; 9 Cowen, R. 344; vide Title, Marketable.
TITLE, () At common law, doubtful, titles are unknown; there every title must be either good or bad. Atkins on Tit. 17. See Dalzell v. Crawford, 2 Penn. Law Journ. 17.
TITLE, () A bad title is one which conveys no property to a purchaser of an estate.
TITLE, () Title to real estate is acquired by two methods, namely, by descent and by purchase. (See these words.)
TITLE, () Title to personal property may accrue in three different ways. By original acquisition. 2. By transfer, by act of law. 3. By transfer, by, act of the parties.
TITLE, () Title by original acquisition is acquired, 1st. By occupancy. This mode of acquiring title has become almost extinct in civilized governments, and it is permitted to exist only in those few special cases, in which it may be consistent with the public good. First. Goods taken by capture in war were, by the common law, adjudged to belong to the captor, but now goods taken from enemies in time of war, vest primarily in the sovereign, and they belong to the individual captors only to the extent and under such regulations, as positive laws may prescribe. Finch's Law, 28, 178 Bro. tit. Property, pl. 18, 38; 1 Wilson, 211; 2 Kent, Com. 290, 95. Secondly. Another instance of acquisition by occupancy, which still exists under certain limitations, is that of goods casually lost by the owner, and unreclaimed, or designedly abandoned by him; and in both these cases they belong to the fortunate finder. 1 Bl. Com. 296. See Derilict.
TITLE, () Title by original acquisition is acquired by accession. See Accession.
TITLE, () It is acquired by intellectual labor. It consists of literary property as the construction of maps and charts, the writing of books and papers. The benefits arising from such labor are secured to the owner. 1. By patent rights for inventions. See Patents. 2. By copyrights. See Copyrights.
TITLE, () The title to personal property is acquired and lost by transfer, by act of law, in various ways. 1. By forfeiture. 2. By succession. 3. By marriage. 4. By judgment. 5. By insolvency. 6. By intestacy.
TITLE, () Title is also acquired and lost by transfer by the act of the party. 1. By gift. 2. By contract or sale.
TITLE, () In general, possession constitutes the criterion of title of personal property, because no other means exist by which a knowledge of the fact to whom it belongs can be attained. A seller of a chattel is not, therefore, required to show the origin of his title, nor, in general, is a purchaser, without notice of the claim of the owner, compellable to make restitution; but, it seems, that a purchaser from a tenant for life of personal chattels, will not be secure against the claims of those entitled in remainder. Cowp. 432; 1 Bro. C. C. 274; 2 T. R. 376; 3 Atk. 44; 3 V. & B. 16.
TITLE, () To the rule that possession is the criterion of title of property may be mentioned the case of ships, the title of which can be ascertained by the register. 15 Ves. 60; 17 Ves. 251; 8 Price, R. 256, 277.
TITLE, () To convey a title the seller must himself have a title to the property which is the subject of the transfer. But to this general rule there are exceptions. 1. The lawful coin of the United States will pass the property along with the possession. 2. A negotiable instrument endorsed in blank is transferable by any person holding it, so as by its delivery to give a good title "to any person honestly acquiring it." 3 B. & C. 47; 3 Burr. 1516; 5 T. R. 683; 7 Bing. 284; 7 Taunt. 265, 278; 13 East, 509; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
TITLE, () persons. Titles are distinctions by which a person is known.
TITLE, () The constitution of the United States forbids the tyrant by the United States, or any state of any title of nobility. (q.v.) Titles are bestowed by courtesy on certain officers; the president of the United States sometimes receives the title of excellency; judges and members of congress that of honorable; and members of the bar and justices of the peace are called esquires. Cooper's, Justinian, 416'; Brackenridge's Law Miscell. Index, h.t.
TITLE, () Titles are assumed by foreign princes, and, among their subjects they may exact these marks of honor, but in their intercourse with foreign nations they are not entitled to them as a matter of right. Wheat. Intern. Law, pt. 2, c. 3, Sec. 6.
TITLE, () literature. The particular division of a subject, as a law, a book, and the like; for example, Digest, book 1, title 2; for the law relating to bills of exchange, see Bacon's Abridgment, title Merchant.
TITLE, () rights. The name of a newspaper a book, and the like.
TITLE, () The owner of a newspaper, having particular title, has a right to such title, an an injunction will lie to prevent its use un lawfully by another. 8 Paige, 75. See Pardess. n. 170.
TITLE, () pleading, rights. The right of action which the plaintiff has; the declaration must show the plaintiff's title, and if such title be not shown in that instrument, the defect cannot be cured by any of the future pleadings. Bac. Ab. Pleas, &c. B 1.
Titled (a.) Having or bearing a title.
Titled (a.) Belonging to the peerage; "the princess and her coroneted companions"; "the titled classes" [syn: coroneted, highborn, titled].
Titleless (a.) Not having a title or name; without legitimate title. "A titleless tyrant." -- Chaucer.
Title-page (n.) The page of a book which contains it title.
The world's all title-page; there's no contents. -- Young.
Titler (n.) A large truncated cone of refined sugar.
Compare: Ling-bird
Ling-bird (n.) (Zool.) The European meadow pipit; -- called also titling.
Titling (n.) (Zool.) The hedge sparrow; -- called also titlene. Its nest often chosen by the cuckoo as a place for depositing its own eggs.
The titling, . . . being thus deceived, hatchet the egg, and bringeth up the chick of another bird.-- Holland.
Titling (n.) The meadow pipit.
Titling (n.) Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses.
Titmal (n.) The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
Titmice (n. pl. ) of Titmouse.
Titmouse (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing birds belonging to Parus and allied genera; -- called also tit, and tomtit.
Note: The blue titmouse ({Parus coeruleus), the marsh titmouse ({Parus palustris), the crested titmouse ({Parus cristatus), the great titmouse ({Parus major), and the long tailed titmouse ({Aegithalos caudatus), are the best-known European species. See Chickadee.
Titrated (imp. & p. p.) of Titrate.
Titrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Titrate.
Titrate (v. t.) (Chem.) To analyse, or determine the strength of, by means of standard solutions. Cf. Standardized solution, under Solution.
Titrate (v.) Measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration.
Titrated (a.) (Chem.) Standardized; determined or analyzed by titration; as, titrated solutions.
Titration (n.) (Chem.) The act or process of titrating; a substance obtained by titrating.
Titration (n.) A measured amount of a solution of unknown concentration is added to a known volume of a second solution until the reaction between them is just complete; the concentration of the unknown solution (the titer) can then be calculated.
Tittered (imp. & p. p.) of Titter.
Tittering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Titter.
Titter (v. t.) To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise; to giggle.
Titter (n.) A restrained laugh. "There was a titter of . . . delight on his countenance." -- Coleridge.
Titter (v. i.) To seesaw. See Teeter.
Titter (n.) A nervous restrained laugh.
Titter (v.) Laugh nervously; "The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom" [syn: giggle, titter].
Titterel (n.) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
Compare: Tetter-totter
Tetter-totter (n.) [See Teeter.] A certain game of children; seesaw; -- called also titter-totter, and titter-cum-totter.
Titter-totter (v. i.) See Teeter.
Tittimouse (n.) (Zool.) Titmouse.
[Prov. Eng.]
Tittle (n.) A particle; a minute part; a jot; an iota.
It is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. -- Luke xvi. 17.
Every tittle of this prophecy is most exactly verified. -- South.
Tittle (n.) A tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge].
Tittle, () A point, (Matt. 5:18; Luke 16:17), the minute point or stroke added to some letters of the Hebrew alphabet to distinguish them from others which they resemble; hence, the very least point.
Tittlebat (n.) (Zool.) The three-spined stickleback. [Prov. Eng.]
Tittle-tattle (n.) Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle. --Arbuthnot.
Tittle-tattle (n.) An idle, trifling talker; a gossip. [R.] -- Tatler.
Tittle-tattle (v. i.) To talk idly; to prate. -- Shak.
Tittle-tattle (n.) Light informal conversation for social occasions [syn: chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie].
Tittle-tattle (v.) Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble].
Tittle-tattling (n.) The act or habit of parting idly or gossiping.
Titty (n.) A little teat; a nipple. [Familiar]
Titty (n.) Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman [syn: breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty].
Titubate (v. i.) To stumble. [Obs.]
Titubate (v. i.) To rock or roll, as a curved body on a plane.
Titubation (n.) The act of stumbling, rocking, or rolling; a reeling. -- Quain.
Titular (a.) Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, a titular prince.
If these magnificent titles yet remain Not merely titular. -- Milton.
Titular bishop. See under Bishop.
Titular (n.) A titulary. [R.]
Titular (a.) Of or relating to a legal title to something; "titular rights" [syn: titular, titulary].
Titular (a.) Of or bearing a title signifying status or function; "of titular rank."
Titular (a.) Of or pertaining to the title of a work of art; "performed well in the titular (or title) role"; "the titular theme of the book."
Titular (a.) Of or associated with or bearing a title signifying nobility; "titular dignitaries."
Titular (a.) Existing in name only; "the nominal (or titular) head of his party" [syn: nominal, titular].
Titularity (n.) The quality or state of being titular. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Titularly (adv.) In a titular manner; nominally; by title only.
Titularies (n. pl. ) of Titulary.
Titulary (n.) A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not.
Titulary (a.) Consisting in a title; titular.
Titulary (a.) Of or pertaining to a title.
Titulary (a.) Of or relating to a legal title to something; "titular rights" [syn: titular, titulary].
Tituled (a.) Having a title. [Obs.] -- Fuller.
Tiver (n.) A kind of ocher which is used in some parts of England in marking sheep. [Prov. Eng.]
Tiver (v. t.) To mark with tiver. [Prov. Eng.]
Tivy (adv.) With great speed; -- a huntsman's word or sound. -- Dryden.
Tiza (n.) (Chem.) See Ulexite.
Tmesis (n.) (Gram.) The separation of the parts of a compound word by the intervention of one or more words; as, in what place soever, for whatsoever place.
To- (prep.) An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See these words in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, under All, adv.
To (prep.) The preposition to primarily indicates approach and arrival, motion made in the direction of a place or thing and attaining it, access; and also, motion or tendency without arrival; movement toward; -- opposed to from. "To Canterbury they wend." -- Chaucer.
Stay with us, go not to Wittenberg. -- Shak.
So to the sylvan lodge They came, that like Pomona's arbor smiled. -- Milton.
I'll to him again, . . . He'll tell me all his purpose.
She stretched her arms to heaven. -- Dryden.
To (prep.) Hence, it indicates motion, course, or tendency toward a time, a state or condition, an aim, or anything capable of being regarded as a limit to a tendency, movement, or action; as, he is going to a trade; he is rising to wealth and honor.
Note: Formerly, by omission of the verb denoting motion, to sometimes followed a form of be, with the sense of at, or in. "When the sun was [gone or declined] to rest." -- Chaucer.
To (prep.) In a very general way, and with innumerable varieties of application, to connects transitive verbs with their remoter or indirect object, and adjectives, nouns, and neuter or passive verbs with a following noun which limits their action. Its sphere verges upon that of for, but it contains less the idea of design or appropriation; as, these remarks were addressed to a large audience; let us keep this seat to ourselves; a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to the mind; duty to God and to our parents; a dislike to spirituous liquor.
Marks and points out each man of us to slaughter. -- B. Jonson.
Whilst they, distilled Almost to jelly with the act of fear, Stand dumb and speak not to him. -- Shak.
Add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. -- 2 Pet. i. 5,6,7.
I have a king's oath to the contrary. -- Shak.
Numbers were crowded to death. -- Clarendon.
Fate and the dooming gods are deaf to tears. -- Dryden.
Go, buckle to the law. -- Dryden.
To (prep.) As sign of the infinitive, to had originally the use of last defined, governing the infinitive as a verbal noun, and connecting it as indirect object with a preceding verb or adjective; thus, ready to go, i.e., ready unto going; good to eat, i.e., good for eating; I do my utmost to lead my life pleasantly. But it has come to be the almost constant prefix to the infinitive, even in situations where it has no prepositional meaning, as where the infinitive is direct object or subject; thus, I love to learn, i.e., I love learning; to die for one's country is noble, i.e., the dying for one's country. Where the infinitive denotes the design or purpose, good usage formerly allowed the prefixing of for to the to; as, what went ye out for see? (Matt. xi. 8).
Then longen folk to go on pilgrimages, And palmers for to seeken strange stranders. -- Chaucer.
Note: Such usage is now obsolete or illiterate. In colloquial usage, to often stands for, and supplies, an infinitive already mentioned; thus, he commands me to go with him, but I do not wish to.
To (prep.) In many phrases, and in connection with many other words, to has a pregnant meaning, or is used elliptically. it denotes or implies:
To (prep.) Extent; limit; degree of comprehension; inclusion as far as; as, they met us to the number of three hundred.
We ready are to try our fortunes To the last man. -- Shak.
Few of the Esquimaux can count to ten. -- Quant. Rev.
To (prep.) Effect; end; consequence; as, the prince was flattered to his ruin; he engaged in a war to his cost; violent factions exist to the prejudice of the state.
To (prep.) Apposition; connection; antithesis; opposition; as, they engaged hand to hand.
Now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face. -- 1 Cor. xiii. 12.
To (prep.) Accord; adaptation; as, an occupation to his taste; she has a husband to her mind.
He to God's image, she to his was made. -- Dryden.
To (prep.) Comparison; as, three is to nine as nine is to twenty-seven; it is ten to one that you will offend him.
All that they did was piety to this. -- B. Jonson.
To (prep.) Addition; union; accumulation.
Wisdom he has, and to his wisdom, courage. -- Denham.
To (prep.) Accompaniment; as, she sang to his guitar; they danced to the music of a piano.
Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders. -- Milton.
To (prep.) Character; condition of being; purpose subserved or office filled. [In this sense archaic] "I have a king here to my flatterer." -- Shak.
Made his masters and others . . . to consider him to a little wonder. -- Walton.
Note: To in to-day, to-night, and to-morrow has the sense or force of for or on; for, or on, (this) day, for, or on, (this) night, for, or on, (the) morrow. To-day, to-night, to-morrow may be considered as compounds, and usually as adverbs; but they are sometimes used as nouns; as, to-day is ours.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow; Creeps in this petty pace from day to day. -- Shak.
To and again, To and fro. [R.]
To and fro, Forward and back. In this phrase, to is adverbial.
There was great showing both to and fro. -- Chaucer.
To-and-fro, A pacing backward and forward; as, to commence a to-and-fro. -- Tennyson.
To the face, In front of; in behind; hence, in the presence of.
To wit, To know; namely. See Wit, v. i.
Note: To, without an object expressed, is used adverbially; as, put to the door, i. e., put the door to its frame, close it; and in the nautical expressions, to heave to, to come to, meaning to a certain position. To, like on, is sometimes used as a command, forward, set to. "To, Achilles! to, Ajax! to!" -- Shak.
To- (?, see To, prep.), An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See these words in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, under All, adv.
Constable (n.) A high officer in the monarchical establishments of the Middle Ages.
Note: The constable of France was the first officer of the crown, and had the chief command of the army. It was lso his duty to regulate all matters of chivalry. The office was suppressed in 1627. The constable, or lord high constable, of England, was one of the highest officers of the crown, commander in chief of the forces, and keeper of the peace of the nation. He also had judicial cognizance of many important matters. The office was as early as the Conquest, but has been disused (except on great and solemn occasions), since the attainder of Stafford, duke of Buckingham, in the reign of Henry VIII.
Compare: Constable
Constable (n.) (Law) An officer of the peace having power as a conservator of the public peace, and bound to execute the warrants of judicial officers. -- Bouvier.
Note: In England, at the present time, the constable is a conservator of the peace within his district, and is also charged by various statutes with other duties, such as serving summons, precepts, warrants, etc. In the United States, constables are town or city officers of the peace, with powers similar to those of the constables of England. In addition to their duties as conservators of the peace, they are invested with others by statute, such as to execute civil as well as criminal process in certain cases, to attend courts, keep juries, etc. In some cities, there are officers called high constables, who act as chiefs of the constabulary or police force. In other cities the title of constable, as well as the office, is merged in that of the police officer.
High constable, A constable having certain duties and powers within a hundred. [Eng.]
Petty constable, A conservator of the peace within a parish or tithing; a tithingman. [Eng.]
Special constable, A person appointed to act as constable of special occasions.
To overrun the constable, or outrun the constable, To spend more than one's income; to get into debt. [Colloq.] -- Smollett.
TO, () Template Object (Typo3)
Toad (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus Bufo and allied genera, especially those of the family Bufonidae. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid.
Note: The common toad ({Bufo vulgaris) and the natterjack are familiar European species. The common American toad ({Bufo lentiginosus) is similar to the European toad, but is less warty and is more active, moving chiefly by leaping.
Obstetrical toad. (Zool.) See under Obstetrical.
Surinam toad. (Zool.) See Pita.
Toad lizard (Zool.), A horned toad.
Toad pipe (Bot.), A hollow-stemmed plant ({Equisetum limosum) growing in muddy places. -- Dr. Prior.
Toad rush (Bot.), A low-growing kind of rush ({Juncus bufonius).
Toad snatcher (Zool.), The reed bunting. [Prov. Eng.]
Toad spittle. (Zool.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
Tree toad. (Zool.) See under Tree.
Toad (n.) Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species [syn: frog, toad, toad frog, anuran, batrachian, salientian].
Toad (v. t.) Notionally, to change a MUD player into a toad.
Toad (v. t.) To permanently and totally exile a player from the MUD. A very serious action, which can only be done by a MUD wizard; often involves a lot of debate among the other characters first. See also frog, FOD.
Toadeater (n.) A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a flatterer; a toady. --V. Knox.
You had nearly imposed upon me, but you have lost your labor. You're too zealous a toadeater, and betray yourself. -- Dickens.
Toadfish (n.) (Zool.) Any marine fish of the genus Batrachus, having a large, thick head and a wide mouth, and bearing some resemblance to a toad. The American species ({Batrachus tau) is very common in shallow water. Called also oyster fish, and sapo.
Toadfish (n.) (Zool.) The angler.
Toadfish (n.) (Zool.) A swellfish.
Compare: Angler
Angler (n.) One who angles.
Angler (n.) (Zool.) A fish ({Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.
Toadfish (n.) Bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth [syn: toadfish, Opsanus tau].
Toadflax (n.) (Bot.) An herb ({Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; -- called also butter and eggs, flaxweed, and ramsted.
Toadflax (n.) Common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America [syn: toadflax, butter-and-eggs, wild snapdragon, devil's flax, Linaria vulgaris].
Toadhead (n.) (Zool.) The golden plover. [Local, U. S.]
Toadish (a.) Like a toad. [Obs.] -- A. Stafford.