Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 50
Tongue (n.) 舌，舌頭 [C]；說話能力（或方式）；口才 [the S] Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.
My little children, let us love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth. -- 1 John iii. 18.
Tongue (n.) A people having a distinct language.
A will gather all nations and tongues. -- Isa. lxvi. 18.
Tongue (n.) (Zool.) The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.
Tongue (n.) (Zool.) The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.
Tongue (n.) (Zool.) The lingua of an insect.
Tongue (n.) (Zool.) Any small sole.
Tongue (n.) That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form. Specifically:
Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.
Tongue (n.) A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove.
Tongue (n.) A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake.
Tongue (n.) The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
Tongue (n.) The clapper of a bell.
Tongue (n.) (Naut.) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
Tongue (n.) (Mus.) Same as Reed, n., 5.
To hold the tongue, To be silent.
Tongue bone (Anat.), The hyoid bone.
Tongue grafting. See under Grafting.
Syn: Language; speech; expression. See Language.
Tongued (imp. & p. p.) of Tongue.
Tonguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tongue.
Tongue (v. t.) 舔；用舌吹（管樂器） To speak; to utter. "Such stuff as madmen tongue." -- Shak.
Tongue (v. t.) To chide; to scold.
How might she tongue me. -- Shak.
Tongue (v. t.) (Mus.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
Tongue (v. t.) To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together.
Tongue (v. i.) 用舌吹奏管樂器；【罕】說話；饒舌 To talk; to prate. -- Dryden.
Tongue (v. i.) (Mus.) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
Tongue (n.) A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity [syn: tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper].
Tongue (n.) A human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language [syn: natural language, tongue] [ant: artificial language].
Tongue (n.) Any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark" [syn: tongue, knife].
Tongue (n.) A manner of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue."
Tongue (n.) A narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea [syn: spit, tongue].
Tongue (n.) The tongue of certain animals used as meat.
Tongue (n.) The flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot.
Tongue (n.) Metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side [syn: clapper, tongue].
Tongue (v.) Articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments.
Tongue (v.) Lick or explore with the tongue.
Tonguebird (n.) The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]
Compare: Wryneck
Wryneck (n.) (Med.) A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.
Wryneck (n.) A person suffering from torticollis.
Wryneck (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx or subfamily Jynginae, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species ({Jynx torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck.
Tongued (a.) Having a tongue.
Tongued like the night crow. -- Donne.
Tongued (a.) Provided with or resembling a tongue; often used in combination; "tongued shoes"; "tongued boards"; "toungued lightning"; "long-tongued" [ant: tongueless].
Tongued (a.) Having a manner of speaking as specified; often used in combination; "golden-tongued"; "sharp-tongued."
Tonguefish (n.) (Zool.) A flounder ({Symphurus plagiusa) native of the southern coast of the United States.
Tonguefish (n.) Left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value [syn: tonguefish, tongue-fish].
Tongueless (a.) Having no tongue.
Tongueless (a.) Hence, speechless; mute. "What tongueless blocks were they! would they not speak?" -- Shak.
Tongueless (a.) Unnamed; not spoken of. [Obs.]
One good deed dying tongueless. -- Shak.
Tongueless (a.) Lacking a tongue; "tongueless moccasins" [ant: tongued].
Tongueless (a.) Expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless" -- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame" -- Thomas Wolfe [syn: mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless].
Tonguelet (n.) A little tongue.
Tongue-pad (n.) A great talker. [Obs.]
Tongue-shaped (a.) Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shaped leaf.
Tongue-shaped (a.) Shaped like a tongue [syn: lingulate, tongue-shaped].
Tongue-shell (n.) Any species of Lingula.
Tonguester (n.) One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip. [Poetic.]
Step by step we rose to greatness; through the tonguesters we may fall. -- Tennyson.
Tongue-tie (n.) (Med.) Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the fraenum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums. -- Dunglison.
Tongue-tie (v. t.) To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation.
Tongue-tie (v.) Deprive of speech; "When he met his idol, the young man was tongue-tied."
Tongue-tied (a.) Destitute of the power of distinct articulation; having an impediment in the speech, esp. when caused by a short fraenum.
Tongue-tied (a.) Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause.
Love, therefore, and tongue-tied simplicity. -- Shak.
Tongue-tied (a.) Unable to express yourself clearly or fluently; "felt tongue-tied with embarrassment"; "incoherent with grief" [syn: incoherent, tongue-tied].
Tongueworm (n.) (Zool.) Any species of Linguatulina.
Tonguy (a.) Ready or voluble in speaking; as, a tonguy speaker. [Written also tonguey.] [Colloq.]
Tonic (n.) (Phon.) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
Tonic (n.) (Mus.) The key tone, or first tone of any scale.
Tonic (n.) (Med.) A medicine that increases the strength, and gives vigor of action to the system.
Tonic sol-fa (Mus.), The name of the most popular among letter systems of notation (at least in England), based on key relationship, and hence called "tonic." Instead of the five lines, clefs, signature, etc., of the usual notation, it employs letters and the syllables do, re, mi, etc., variously modified, with other simple signs of duration, of upper or lower octave, etc. See Sol-fa.
Tonic (a.) Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, such sounds, namely, the vowels and diphthongs, being so called by Dr. James Rush (1833) " from their forming the purest and most plastic material of intonation."
Tonic (a.) Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic power.
Tonic (a.) (Med.) Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring healthy functions.
Tonic (a.) (Med.) Characterized by continuous muscular contraction; as, tonic convulsions.
Tonic spasm. (Med.) See the Note under Spasm.
Tonic (a.) Of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue; "a tonic reflex"; "tonic muscle contraction."
Tonic (a.) Employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words; "Chinese is a tonal language" [syn: tonic, tonal].
Tonic (a.) Used of syllables; "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word" [syn: tonic, accented] [ant: atonic, unaccented].
Tonic (a.) Relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale; "tonic harmony."
Tonic (a.) Imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air" [syn: bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic].
Tonic (n.) Lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine [syn: tonic, tonic water, quinine water].
Tonic (n.) A sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in New England they call sodas tonics" [syn: pop, soda, soda pop, soda water, tonic].
Tonic (n.) (Music) The first note of a diatonic scale [syn: tonic, keynote].
Tonic (n.) A medicine that strengthens and invigorates [syn: tonic, restorative].
Tonical (a.) Tonic. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Tonicity (n.) (Physiol.) The state of healthy tension or partial contraction of muscle fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.
Tonicity (n.) The elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity" [syn: tonicity, tonus, tone] [ant: amyotonia, atonia, atonicity, atony].
Tonight (adv.) On this present or coming night.
Tonight (adv.) On the last night past. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Tonight (n.) The present or the coming night; the night after the present day.
Tonight (adv.) During the night of the present day; "drop by tonight" [syn: tonight, this evening, this night].
Tonight (n.) The present or immediately coming night.
Tonite (n.) An explosive compound; a preparation of gun cotton.
Tonka bean () (Bot.) The seed of a leguminous tree ({Dipteryx odorata), native of Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable smell, and is employed in the scenting of snuff. Called also tonquin bean. [Written also tonca bean, tonga bean.]
Compare: Dipteryx
Dipteryx (n.) A genus of tropical American trees which produce a black seed called the tonka bean.
Syn: Coumarouna, genus Coumarouna, genus Dipteryx.
Tonka bean (n.) Fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree; used in perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla [syn: tonka bean, coumara nut].
Tonka bean (n.) Tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring [syn: tonka bean, tonka bean tree, Coumarouna odorata, Dipteryx odorata].
Tonnage (n.) The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship.
Tonnage (n.) The cubical content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in tons; or, the amount of weight which one or several vessels may carry. See Ton, n. (b).
A fleet . . . with an aggregate tonnage of 60,000 seemed sufficient to conquer the world. -- Motley.
Tonnage (n.) A duty or impost on vessels, estimated per ton, or, a duty, toll, or rate payable on goods per ton transported on canals.
Tonnage (n.) The whole amount of shipping estimated by tons; as, the tonnage of the United States. See Ton.
Note: There are in common use the following terms relating to tonnage: (a) Displacement. (b) Register tonnage, gross and net. (c) Freight tonnage. (d) Builders' measurement. (e) Yacht measurement. The first is mainly used for war vessels, where the total weight is likely to be nearly constant. The second is the most important, being that used for commercial purposes. The third and fourth are different rules for ascertaining the actual burden-carrying power of a vessel, and the fifth is for the proper classification of pleasure craft. Gross tonnage expresses the total cubical interior of a vessel; net tonnage, the cubical space actually available for freight-carrying purposes. Rules for ascertaining these measurements are established by law.
Tonnage (n.) A tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship [syn: tonnage, tunnage, tonnage duty].
Tonnage, () mar. law. The capacity of a ship or vessel.
Tonnage, () The act of congress of March 2, 1799, s. 64, 1 Story's L. U. S. 630, directs that to ascertain the tonnage of any ship or vessel, the surveyor, &c. shall, if the said ship or vessel be double decked, take the length thereof from the forepart of the main stem, to the afterpart of the stern post, above the upper deck, the breadth thereof, at the broadest part above the mainwales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and then deduct from the length three-fifths of the breadth, multiply the remainder by the breadth and the product of the depth, and shall divide this last product by ninety-five, the quotients whereof shall be deemed the true contents or tonnage of such ship or vessel. And if such ship or vessel shall be single decked, the said, surveyor shall take the length and breadth as above directed, in respect to a double deck ship or vessel, and shall deduct from the length three-fifths of the breadth, and taking the depth from the underside of the deck plank to the ceiling of the hold, shall multiply and divide as aforesaid, and the quotient shall be deemed the tonnage of such ship or vessel.
Tonnage, () The duties paid on the tonnage of a ship or vessel are also called tonnage.
Tonnage, () These duties are altogether abolished in relation. to American vessels by the act of May 31, 1830, s. 1, 4 Story's Laws U. S. 2216. And by the second section of the same act, all tonnage duties on foreign vessels are abolished, provided the president of the, United States shall be satisfied that the discriminating or countervailing duties of such foreign nation, so far as they operate to the disadvantage. of the United States, have been abolished.
Tonnage, () The constitution of the United States provides, art. 1, s. 10, n. 2, that no state shall, without the consent of congress, lay any duty on tonnage.
Tonne (n.) A tun. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Tonne (n.) [F.] A metric ton.
Tonne (n.) A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms [syn: metric ton, MT, tonne, t]
Tonnihood (n.) (Zool.) The female of the bullfinch; -- called also tonyhoop. [Prov. Eng.]
Tonnish (a.) In the ton; fashionable; modish. -- Ton"nish*ness, n.
Tonometer (n.) (Physics.) An instrument for determining the rate of vibrations in tones.
Tonometer (n.) (Physiol.) An apparatus for studying and registering the action of various fluids and drugs on the excised heart of lower animals.
Tonometer (n.) (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring tension, esp. that of the eyeball.
Tonometer (n.) Measuring instrument for measuring tension or pressure (especially for measuring intraocular pressure in testing for glaucoma).
Tonometry (n.) The act of measuring with a tonometer; specifically:
Tonometry (n.) (Med.) Measurement of tension, esp. the tension of the eyeball.
Tonometry (n.) The measurement of intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force needed to make a slight indentation in the cornea.
Tonophant (n.) (Physics.) A modification of the kaleidophon, for showing composition of acoustic vibrations. It consists of two thin slips of steel welded together, their length being adjystable by a screw socket.
Tonous (a.) Abounding in tone or sound.
Compare: Tonka bean
Tonka bean, () (Bot.) The seed of a leguminous tree ({Dipteryx odorata), native of Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable smell, and is employed in the scenting of snuff. Called also tonquin bean. [Written also tonca bean, tonga bean.]
Tonquin bean () See Tonka bean.
Tonsil (n.) One of the two glandular organs situated in the throat at the sides of the fauces.
The tonsils are sometimes called the almonds, from their shape.
Tonsilar (a.) Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsilitic.
Tonsile (a.) Capable of being clipped.
Tonsilitic (a.) Tonsilar.
Tonsilitis (n.) Inflammation of the tonsil; quinsy.
Tonsilotome (n.) An instrument for removing the tonsils.
Tonsilotomy (n.) The operation of removing the tonsil, or a portion thereof.
Tonsor (n.) A barber.
Tonsorial (a.) 理髮師的 Of or pertaining to a barber, or shaving.
Tonsorial (a.) Of or relating to barbers and barbering; "tonsorial work"; "tonsorial parlor."
Tonsure (n.) The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; also, the state of being shorn.
Tonsure (n.) The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders.
Tonsure (n.) The shaven corona, or crown, which priests wear as a mark of their order and of their rank.
Tonsured (a.) 像僧侶（或教士、修道士）那樣剃光頭頂的；禿頂的 Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald.
A tonsured head in middle age forlorn. -- Tennyson.
Tonsured (a.) Having a bald spot either shaved or natural; "tonsured monks."
Tontine (n.) 唐提式養老金法 An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the whole goes to the last survivor, or to the last two or three, according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as, tontine insurance.
Too many of the financiers by professions are apt to see nothing in revenue but banks, and circulations, and annuities on lives, and tontines, and perpetual rents, and all the small wares of the shop. -- Burke.
Compare: Survivorship
Survivorship (n.) 生存；生者對死者名下財產的享有權 The state or condition of being a survivor; survival.
[As modifier ]‘A survivorship clause.’
Survivorship (n.) [Law ] A right depending on survival, especially the right of a survivor of people with a joint interest to take the whole on the death of the others.
‘One is called a joint tenancy with right of survivorship.’
Compare: Tenancy
Tenancy (n.) (pl. Ttenancies)（土地的）租佃；（房屋的）租用；租賃；租期 Possession of land or property as a tenant.
‘Holding took over the tenancy of the farm.’
Compare: Tenant
Tenant (n.) [C] 房客；佃戶；承租人；住戶，居住者 A person who occupies land or property rented from a landlord.
‘Council-house tenants.’
Tenant (n.) [Law] A person holding real property by private ownership.
‘In breach of covenant, the tenant has failed to complete the works.’
Tenant (v. t.) 租，租賃 [H]；居住於 [H] (Usually be tenanted) Occupy (property) as a tenant.
‘The house was tenanted by his cousin.’
Tontine (n.) A form of life insurance whereby on the death or default of a participant his share is distributed to the remaining members [syn: tontine, tontine insurance].
Tontine (n.) An annuity scheme wherein participants share certain benefits and on the death of any participant his benefits are redistributed among the remaining participants; can run for a fixed period of time or until the death of all but one participant.
Tontine, () [French law] The name of a partnership composed of creditors or, recipients of perpetual or life-rents or annuities, formed on the condition that the rents of those who may die, shall accrue to the survivors, either in whole or in part.
Tontine, () This kind of partnership took its name from Tonti, an Italian, who first conceived the idea and put it in practice. Merl. Repert. h.t. Dall. Dict. h.t.; 5 Watts, 851.
Tonus (n.) Tonicity, or tone; as, muscular tonus.
Tonies (n. pl. ) of Tony.
Tony (n.) A simpleton.
Too (adv.) Over; more than enough; -- noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too wide; too high; too many; too much.
Too (adv.) Likewise; also; in addition.
Took () imp. of Take.
Tooled (imp. & p. p.) of Tool.
Tooling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tool.
Tool (v. t.) To shape, form, or finish with a tool. "Elaborately tooled." -- Ld. Lytton.
Tool (v. t.) To drive, as a coach. [Slang, Eng.]
Tool (v. i.) To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive. [Colloq.]
Boys on their bicycles tooling along the well-kept roads. -- Illust. American.
Tool (n.) An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.
Tool (n.) A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.
Tool (n.) Hence, any instrument of use or service.
That angry fool . . . Whipping her horse, did with his smarting tool Oft whip her dainty self. -- Spenser.
Tool (n.) A weapon. [Obs.]
Him that is aghast of every tool. -- Chaucer.
Tool (n.) A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes.
I was not made for a minion or a tool. -- Burks.
Tool (n.) An implement used in the practice of a vocation.
Tool (n.) The means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease" [syn: instrument, tool].
Tool (n.) A person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else [syn: creature, tool, puppet].
Tool (n.) Obscene terms for penis [syn: cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz].
Tool (v.) Drive; "The convertible tooled down the street."
Tool (v.) Ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street" [syn: joyride, tool, tool around].
Tool (v.) Furnish with tools.
Tool (v.) Work with a tool.
TOOL, () [conference on] Technology of Object-Orientated Languages and Systems (OOP, conference).
Tool (n.) A program used primarily to create, manipulate, modify, or analyze other programs, such as a compiler or an editor or a cross-referencing program. Oppose app, operating system; see also toolchain.
Tool (n.) [Unix] An application program with a simple, ?transparent? (typically text-stream) interface designed specifically to be used in programmed combination with other tools (see filter, plumbing).
Tool (n.) [MIT: general to students there] vi. To work; to study (connotes tedium). The TMRC Dictionary defined this as ?to set one's brain to the grindstone?. See hack.
Tool (n.) [MIT] A student who studies too much and hacks too little. (MIT's student humor magazine rejoices in the name Tool and Die.)
Tool, () A program used primarily to create, manipulate, modify, or analyse other programs, such as a compiler or an editor or a cross-referencing program. Opposite: app, operating system.
Tool, () A Unix application program with a simple, "transparent" (typically text-stream) interface designed specifically to be used in programmed combination with other tools (see filter, plumbing).
Tool, () ({MIT: general to students there) To work; to study (connotes tedium). The TMRC Dictionary defined this as "to set one's brain to the grindstone". See hack.
Tool, () ({MIT) A student who studies too much and hacks too little. MIT's student humour magazine rejoices in the name "Tool and Die". [{Jargon File] (1996-12-12)
Tool, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 2275
Housing Units (2000): 1416
Land area (2000): 3.607782 sq. miles (9.344112 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.015894 sq. miles (0.041166 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.623676 sq. miles (9.385278 sq. km)
FIPS code: 73352
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 32.280459 N, 96.172678 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Tool, TX
Tool
Tooling (n.) Work performed with a tool.
The fine tooling and delicate tracery of the cabinet artist is lost upon a building of colossal proportions. -- De Quincey. Tool-post
Tool-post (n.) Alt. of Tool-stock.
Tool-stock (n.) (Mach.) The part of a tool-rest in which a cutting tool is clamped.
Tool-rest (n.) (Mach.) The part that supports a tool-post or a tool.