Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 56
Tough-head (n.) (Zool.) The ruddy duck. [ Local U. S. ]
Toughish (a.) 稍堅韌的 Tough in a slight degree.
Toughly (adv.) 堅韌地；結實地；堅硬地；頑強地；強硬地 In a tough manner.
Toughly (adv.) In a ruggedly tough manner; "toughly vigorous story-telling."
Toughness (n.) [U] 堅韌；堅硬；結實；堅強；強健；不屈不撓 The quality or state of being tough.
Toughness (n.) Enduring strength and energy [syn: stamina, staying power, toughness].
Toughness (n.) The property of being big and strong [syn: huskiness, ruggedness, toughness].
Toughness (n.) The elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking [syn: temper, toughness].
Toughness (n.) Impressive difficulty [syn: formidability, toughness].
Tough-pitch (n.) The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper.
Tough-pitch (n.) Copper so reduced; -- called also tough-cake.
Touite (n.) The wood warbler.
Toupee (n.) Alt. of Toupet.
Toupet (n.) A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
Toupet (n.) A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.
Toupettit (n.) The crested titmouse.
Tour (n.) A tower.
Tour (v. t.) A going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Europe; the tour of France or England.
Tour (v. t.) A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies.
Tour (v. t.) anything done successively, or by regular order; a turn; as, a tour of duty.
Toured (imp. & p. p.) of Tour.
Touring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tour.
Tour (v. i.) To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country.
Touraco (n.) Same as Turacou.
Tourbillion (n.) An ornamental firework which turns round, when in the air, so as to form a scroll of fire.
Tourism (n.) 旅遊，觀光；旅遊業，觀光業 The business of providing services to tourists; "Tourism is a major business in Bermuda" [syn: tourism, touristry].
Tourist (n.) 旅遊者，觀光者[C]；（飛機、輪船等的）旅遊艙，經濟艙 [U] One who makes a tour, or performs a journey, especially for pleasure.
Tourist (n.) Someone who travels for pleasure [syn: tourist, tourer, holidaymaker].
Tourist (n.) [ITS] A guest on the system, especially one who generally logs in over a network from a remote location for comm mode, email, games, and other trivial purposes. One step below luser. ITS hackers often used to spell this turist, perhaps by some sort of tenuous analogy with luser (this usage may also have expressed the ITS culture's penchant for six-letterisms, and/ or been some sort of tribute to Alan Turing). Compare { twink, lurker, read-only user.
Tourist (n.) [IRC] An IRC user who goes from channel to channel without saying
anything; see channel hopping.
Tourist (n.) A guest on the system, especially one who generally logs in over a network from a remote location for comm mode, electronic mail, games and other trivial purposes. A tourist is one step below a luser.
Hackers often spell this turist, perhaps by some sort of tenuous analogy with luser (this also expresses the ITS culture's penchant for six-letterisms).
Compare twink, read-only user. [{Jargon File] (1995-03-10)
Tourist (n.) [ C ] (A2) 旅遊者，遊客 Someone who visits a place for pleasure and interest, usually while on holiday.
// Millions of tourists visit Rome every year.
// Hordes (= very large groups) of tourists flock to the Mediterranean each year.
// Disneyworld is one of Florida's major tourist attractions.
// The island is very busy during the tourist season.
Tourist (n.) [ C ] (UK) 巡迴比賽運動隊隊員 A member of a sports team who is travelling from place to place in a foreign country, playing games.
// The West Indies easily defeated the tourists.
Tourmaline (n.) A mineral occurring usually in three-sided or six-sided prisms terminated by rhombohedral or scalenohedral planes. Black tourmaline (schorl) is the most common variety, but there are also other varieties, as the blue (indicolite), red (rubellite), also green, brown, and white. The red and green varieties when transparent are valued as jewels.
Tourn (n.) A spinning wheel.
Tourn (n.) The sheriff's turn, or court.
Tournament (n.) [C] 比賽；錦標賽；聯賽；（中世紀騎士的）馬上比武（大會） A mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their address and bravery; hence, figuratively, a real battle. "In battle and in tourneyment." -- Chaucer.
With cruel tournament the squadrons join. -- Milton.
Note: It different from the joust, which was a trial of skill between one man and another.
Compare: Mock
Mock (v.) [With object] (v. t.) 嘲弄，嘲笑；（為取笑而）模仿，仿效；使失望；使無效，挫敗 (v. i.) 嘲弄，嘲笑 [（+at）] Tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner.
‘Opposition MPs mocked the government's decision.’
Mock (v.) [With object] Make (something) seem laughably unreal or impossible.
‘At Christmas, arguments and friction mock our pretence at peace.’
Mock (v.) [With object] Mimic (someone or something) scornfully or contemptuously.
‘He ought to find out who used his name, mocked his voice, and aped a few of his guitar lines.’
Mock (v.) [With object] (Mock something up) Make a replica or imitation of something.
Mock (a.) [Attributive] Not authentic or real, but without the intention to deceive.
‘A mock-Georgian red brick house.’
‘Jim threw up his hands in mock horror.’
Mock (a.) [Attributive] (Of an examination, battle, etc.) Arranged for training or practice.
‘Mock GCSEs.’
Mock (n.) (Mocks) (British informal) Mock examinations.
‘Obtaining Grade A in mocks.’
Mock (n.) [Dated] An object of derision.
‘He has become the mock of all his contemporaries.’
Make (a) mock of (ph.) Hold up to scorn or ridicule.
‘Stop making a mock of other people's business.’
Tournament (n.) Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as, a chess tournament.
Tournament (n.) A sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner [syn: tournament, tourney].
Tournament (n.) A series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize.
Tournament (n.) [ C ] (B1) 競賽；比賽；錦標賽；馬上刺槍比賽 A competition for teams or single players in which a series of games is played, and the winners of each game play against each other until only one winner is left.
// A tennis/ chess/ golf tournament.
They were defeated in the first round of the tournament.
Tournery (n.) 車床細工,旋床細工,旋磨 Work turned on a lathe; turnery.
Tourney (n.) 競賽；比賽；錦標賽；馬上刺槍比賽 A tournament.
Tourney (v. i.) (Tourneyed; Tourneying) 參加比賽；參加馬上刺槍比賽 To perform in tournaments; to tilt.
Tourniquet (n.) An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a screw or other means.
Tourniquet (n.) [ C ] 止血帶 A strip of cloth that is tied tightly around an injured arm or leg to stop it bleeding.
// If it continues to bleed, you may have to apply a tourniquet to the limb.
Tournois (n.) （硬幣）在法國都爾鑄的 A former French
money of account worth 20 sous, or a franc. It was thus called in distinction
from the
Tournure (n.) 【法】輪廓 Turn; contour; figure.
Tournure (n.) 撐腰架；（女服的）臀部 Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle. Touse
Compare: Bustle
Bustle (n.) 忙亂，喧囂 [U] [S1] Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.
A strange bustle and disturbance in the world. -- South.
Bustle (n.) （舊時用以鼓起女裙後部的）腰墊，裙撐 [C] A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournure.
Bustle (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Bustled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bustling] 鬧哄哄地忙亂；奔忙 [（+about）]；充滿 [（+with）] To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.
And leave the world for me to bustle in. -- Shak.
Bustle (n.) A rapid active commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir].
Bustle (n.) A framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt.
Bustle (v.) (v. t.) 催促；使忙碌 Move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance" [syn: bustle, bustle about, hustle].
Tour tourism ( n.) [U] The activity of travelling abroad to see a singer or band live in concert.
Toused (imp. & p. p.) of Touze.
Tousing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Touze.
Touse (v. t. & i.) Alt. of Touze.
Touze (v. t. & i.) To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry.
Touse (n.) A pulling; a disturbance.
Tousel (v. t.) Same as Tousle.
Touser (n.) One who touses.
Tousle (v. t.) To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse.
Tous-les-mois (n.) A kind of starch with very large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot, and extensively used for adulterating cocoa. It is made from the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably C. edulis, the tubers of which are edible every month in the year.
Tout (v. i.) To act as a tout. See 2d Tout.
Tout (v. i.) To ply or seek for customers.
Tout (n.) One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting.
Tout (v. i.) To toot a horn.
Tout (n.) The anus.
Tout-ensemble (n.) All together; hence, in costume, the fine arts, etc., the general effect of a work as a whole, without regard to the execution of the separate perts.
Touter (n.) One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public conveyance, shops, and the like: hence, an obtrusive candidate for office. [Colloq.]
The prey of ring droppers, . . . duffers, touters, or any of those bloodless sharpers who are, perhaps, better known to the police. -- Dickens.
Touter (n.) Someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way [syn: tout, touter].
Touse, Touze (v. t. & i.) [imp. & p. p. Toused (touzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Tousing.] To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry. [Prov. Eng.] -- Shak.
As a bear, whom angry curs have touzed. -- Spenser.
Touze (v. t & i.) See Touse. [Prov. Eng.]
Tow (n.) The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.
Towed (imp. & p. p.) of Tow.
Towing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tow.
Tow (v. t.) To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.
Tow (n.) A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.
Tow (n.) The act of towing, or the state of being towed; -- chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.
Tow (n.) That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect.
Tow (n.) The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope; "the truck gave him a tow to the garage" [syn: tow, towage].
Tow (v.) Drag behind; "Horses used to tow barges along the canal."
Tow, () (Judg. 16:9). See FLAX.
Towage (v.) The act of towing.
Towage (v.) The price paid for towing.
Towage (n.) The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope; "the truck gave him a tow to the garage" [syn: tow, towage].
Towage, () contracts. That which is given for towing ships in rivers. Guidon de la Mer, ch. 16; Poth. Des Avaries, n. 147; 2 Chit. Com. Law, 16.
Towall (n.) A towel. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Toward
Toward (prep.) Alt. of Towards.
Towards (prep.) In the direction of; to.
He set his face toward the wilderness. -- Num. xxiv. 1.
The
waves make towards the pebbled shore. -- Shak.
Towards (prep.) With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect
or reference to; regarding; concerning.
His eye shall be evil toward his brother. -- Deut. xxviii. 54.
Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offense toward God, and toward men. -- Acts xxiv. 16.
Towards (prep.) Tending to; in the direction of; in behalf of.
This was the first alarm England received towards any trouble. -- Clarendom.
Towards (prep.) Near; about; approaching to.
I am toward nine years older since I left you. -- Swift. Toward
Toward (adv.) Alt. of Towards.
Towards (adv.) Near; at hand; in state of preparation.
Do you hear sught, sir, of a battle toward ? -- Shak.
We have a trifling foolish banquet Towards. -- Shak.
Toward (prep.) Approaching; coming near. “His toward peril.”
Toward (prep.) Readly to do or learn; compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable; as, a toward youth.
Toward (prep.) Ready to act; forward; bold; valiant.
Why, that is spoken like a toward prince. -- Shak.
Towardliness (n.) The quality or state of being towardly; docility; tractableness.
The beauty and towardliness of these children moved her brethren to envy. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Towardly (a.) Same as Toward, a., 2.
He's towardly and will come on apace. -- Dryden.
Towardness (n.) Quality or state of being toward.
Towards (prep. & adv.) See Toward.
Towboat (n.) A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.
Towboat (n.) A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.
Compare: Tug
Tug (n.) A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort.
At the tug he falls, Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls. -- Dryden.
Tug (n.) A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Tug (n.) (Naut.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat.
Tug (n.) A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.
Tug (n.) (Mining.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
Tug iron, An iron hook or button to which a tug or trace may be attached, as on the shaft of a wagon.
Towboat (n.) A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships [syn: tugboat, tug, towboat, tower].
Towel (n.) A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as the person after a bath.
Towel gourd (Bot.), The fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant Luffa Aegyptiaca; also, the plant itself. The fruit is very fibrous, and, when separated from its rind and seeds, is used as a sponge or towel. Called also Egyptian bath sponge, and dishcloth.
Towel (v. t.) To beat with a stick. [Prov. Eng.]
Towel (n.) A rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping.
Towel (v.) Wipe with a towel; "towel your hair dry."
Toweling (n.) Cloth for towels, especially such as is woven in long pieces to be cut at will, as distinguished from that woven in towel lengths with borders, etc. [Written also towelling.]
Toweling (n.) Any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels [syn: toweling, towelling].
Tower (n.) (Arch.) A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.
Tower (n.) (Arch.) A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher.
Tower (n.) (Arch.) A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower.
Tower (n.) A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. -- Ps. lxi. 3.
Tower (n.) A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress.
Lay trains of amorous intrigues In towers, and curls, and periwigs. -- Hudibras.
Tower (n.) High flight; elevation. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Gay Lussac's tower (Chem.), A large tower or chamber used in the sulphuric acid process, to absorb (by means of concentrated acid) the spent nitrous fumes that they may be returned to the Glover's tower to be reemployed. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric, and Glover's tower, below.
Glover's tower (Chem.), A large tower or chamber used in the manufacture of sulphuric acid, to condense the crude acid and to deliver concentrated acid charged with nitrous fumes. These fumes, as a catalytic, effect the conversion of sulphurous to sulphuric acid. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric, and Gay Lussac's tower, above.
Round tower. See under Round, a.
Shot tower. See under Shot.
Tower bastion (Fort.), A bastion of masonry, often with chambers beneath, built at an angle of the interior polygon of some works.
Tower mustard (Bot.), The cruciferous plant Arabis perfoliata.
Tower of London, A collection of buildings in the eastern part of London, formerly containing a state prison, and now used as an arsenal and repository of various objects of public interest.
Towered (imp. & p. p.) of Tower.
Towering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tower.
Tower (v. i.) To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.
On the other side an high rock towered still. -- Spenser.
My lord protector's hawks do tower so well. -- Shak.
Tower (v. t.) To soar into. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Tower (n.) A structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building.
Tower (n.) Anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite" [syn: column, tower, pillar].
Tower (n.) A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships [syn: tugboat, tug, towboat, tower].
Tower (v.) Appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall" [syn: loom, tower, predominate, hulk].
Tower, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 479
Housing Units (2000): 295
Land area (2000): 2.708809 sq. miles (7.015783 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.402133 sq. miles (1.041520 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.110942 sq. miles (8.057303 sq. km)
FIPS code: 65272
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 47.806844 N, 92.279442 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 55790
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Tower, MN
Tower
Towered (a.) Adorned or defended by towers.
Towered cities please us then. -- Milton.
Towering (a.) Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height. -- Pope.
Towering (a.) Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing.
A man agitated by a towering passion. -- Sir W. Scott.
Towering (a.) Of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering icebergs" [syn: eminent, lofty, soaring, towering].
Towery (a.) Having towers; adorned or defended by towers. [R.] "Towery cities." -- Pope.
Tow-head (n.) An urchin who has soft, whitish hair. [Colloq.]
Tow-head (n.) (Zool.) The hooded merganser. [ Local, U. S. ]
Tow-head (n.) A low alluvial island or shoal in a river. [Local, U. S.]
Towhee (n.) (Zool.) The chewink.
Compare: Chewink
Chewink (n.) (Zool.) An american bird ({Pipilo erythrophthalmus) of the Finch family, so called from its note; -- called also rufous-sided towhee, towhee, towhee bunting and ground robin. [Also spelled cheewink.]
Towhee (n.) Any of numerous long-tailed American finches.
Towilly (n.) (Zool.) The sanderling; -- so called from its cry.
Towline (n.) (Naut.) A line used to tow vessels; a towrope. [Prov. Eng.]
Towline (n.) (Nautical) A rope used in towing [syn: towline, towrope, towing line, towing rope].
Town (n.) Formerly: An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.]
Town (n.) Formerly: The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.]
Town (n.) Formerly: A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls. [Obs.] -- Palsgrave.
Town (n.) Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop. [Eng.] -- Johnson.