Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 57
Town (n.) Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.
God made the country, and man made the town. -- Cowper.
Town (n.) The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
Town (n.) A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country. [U. S.]
Town (n.) The court end of
Town (n.) The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.
Always hankering after the diversions of the town. -- Addison.
Stunned with his giddy larum half the town. -- Pope.
Note: The same form of expressions is used in regard to other populous towns.
Town (n.) A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Note: Town is often used adjectively or in combination with other words; as, town clerk, or town-clerk; town-crier, or town crier; townhall, town-hall, or town hall; townhouse, town house, or town-house.
Syn: Village; hamlet. See Village.
Town clerk, An office who keeps the records of a town, and enters its official proceedings. See Clerk.
Town cress (Bot.) The garden cress, or peppergrass. -- Dr. Prior.
Town house. A house in town, in distinction from a house in the country.
Town house. See Townhouse.
Town meeting, A legal meeting of the inhabitants of a town entitled to vote, for the transaction of public bisiness. [U. S.]
Town talk, The common talk of a place; the subject or topic of common conversation.
Town (n.) An urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work."
Town (n.) The people living in a municipality smaller than a city; "the whole town cheered the team" [syn: town, townspeople, townsfolk].
Town (n.) An administrative division of a county; "the town is responsible for snow removal" [syn: township, town].
Town (n.) United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844) [syn: Town, Ithiel Town].
Town (n.) This word is used differently in different parts of the United States.
In Pennsylvania and some other of the middle states, it signifies a village or a city. In some of the northeastern states it denotes a subdivision of a county, called in other places a township.
Town-crier (n.) A town officer who makes proclamations to the people; the public crier of a town.
Towned (a.) Having towns; containing many towns. [Obs.] -- Hakluyt.
Townhall (n.) A public hall or building, belonging to a town, where the public offices are established, the town council meets, the people assemble in town meeting, etc.
Townhouse (n.) A building devoted to the public used of a town; a townhall.
Townish (a.) Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a town; like the town. [R.] -- Turbervile.
Townless (a.) Having no town. -- Howell.
Townlet (n.) A small town. -- North Brit. Rev.
Townsfolk (n.) The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city, in distinction from country people; townspeople.
Townsfolk (n.) The people living in a municipality smaller than a city; "the whole town cheered the team" [syn: town, townspeople, townsfolk].
Township (n.) [C] 小鎮；【英】【史】村；【美】區，鎮區 The district or territory of a town.
Note: In the United States, many of the States are divided into townships of five, six, seven, or perhaps ten miles square, and the inhabitants of such townships are invested with certain powers for regulating their own affairs, such as repairing roads and providing for the poor. The township is subordinate to the county.
Township (n.) In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections.
Township (n.) In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.
Township (n.) An administrative division of a county; "the town is responsible for snow removal" [syn: township, town].
Townsmen (n. pl. ) of Townsman.
Townsman (n.) An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another. -- Pope.
Townsman (n.) A selectman, in New England. See Selectman.
Townsman (n.) A person from the same town as yourself; "a fellow townsman."
Townsman (n.) A resident of a town or city [syn: townsman, towner].
Townspeople (n.) The inhabitants of a town or city, especially in distinction from country people; townsfolk. Townward
Townspeople (n.) The people living in a municipality smaller than a city; "the whole town cheered the team" [syn: town, townspeople, townsfolk].
Townward (adv.) Alt. of Townwards
Townwards (adv.) Toward a town. -- Longfellow.
Towpath (n.) A path traveled by men or animals in towing boats; -- called also towing path.
Towpath (n.) A path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats [syn: towpath, towing path].
Towrope (n.) A rope used in towing vessels.
Towrope (n.) (Nautical) A rope used in towing [syn: towline, towrope, towing line, towing rope].
Towser (n.) A familiar name for a dog. [ Written also Towzer. ]
Towy (a.) Composed of, or like, tow.
Toxaemia (a.) (Med.) Blood poisoning. See under Blood.
Toxemia (n.) 子癇前症；前兆子癇；妊娠毒血症；毒血症 An abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine [syn: {toxemia of pregnancy}, {toxaemia of pregnancy}, {toxemia}, {toxaemia}].
Toxemia (n.) Blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood [syn: {toxemia}, {toxaemia}].
Toxemia (British T oxaemia) (n.) Blood poisoning by toxins from a local bacterial infection.
‘Almost immediately, they stumble into a raw spectrox nest that quickly infects them with spectrox toxemia - an almost incurable, fatal disease.’
Toxemia (British T oxaemia) (n.) Another term for Preeclampsia.
‘It may also be called toxemia or pregnancy-induced hypertension.’
Another term for Preeclampsia.
Compare: Preeclampsia
Preeclampsia (n.) A condition in pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure, sometimes with fluid retention and proteinuria.
‘She was suffering from pre-eclampsia, a pregnancy-related illness which, in rare cases, can result in the death of the mother or the baby.’
Toxic (a.) Alt. of Toxical.
Toxical (a.) Of or pertaining to poison; poisonous; as, toxic medicines.
Toxicant (n.) A poisonous agent or drug, as opium; an intoxicant.
Toxicant (a.) Having the qualities or effects of a poison [syn: poisonous, toxicant].
Toxicant (n.) Any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism [syn: poison, toxicant, poisonous substance].
Toxicological (a.) Of or pertaining to toxicology. -- Tox`i*co*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
Toxicological (a.) Of or relating to toxicology [syn: toxicological, toxicologic].
Toxicologist (n.) One versed in toxicology; the writer of a treatise on poisons.
Toxicologist (n.) One who studies the nature and effects of poisons and their treatment.
Toxicology (n.) The science which treats of poisons, their effects, antidotes, and recognition; also, a discourse or treatise on the science.
Toxicology (n.) The branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons.
Toxicomania (n.) (Med.) Toxiphobia. -- A. S. Taylor.
Toxicomania (n.) (Med.) An insane desire for intoxicating or poisonous drugs, as alcohol or opium. -- B. W. Richardson.
Toxifera (n. pl.) (Zool.) Same as Toxoglossa. Toxin
Toxin (n.) Alt. of Toxine.
Toxine (n.) 【生化】毒素，毒質 A poisonous product formed by pathogenic bacteria, as a toxic proteid or poisonous ptomaine.
Toxin , Toxine (n.) A poisonous product formed by an organism, such as a pathogenic bacterium, a plant or an animal, usually having a high molecular weight, often a protein or a polysaccharide, but occasionally a low-molecular weight agent such as {tetrodotoxin}.
Toxin (n.) A poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species.
Toxiphobia (n.) (Med.) An insane or greatly exaggerated dread of poisons.
Toxodon (n.) (Paleon.) A gigantic extinct herbivorous mammal from South America, having teeth bent like a bow. It is the type of the order Toxodonta.
Toxodonta (n. pl.) [NL.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of Mammalia found in the South American Tertiary formation. The incisor teeth were long and curved and provided with a persistent pulp. They are supposed to be related both to the rodents and ungulates. Called also Toxodontia.
Toxoglossa (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula are converted into poison fangs. The cone shells (Conus), Pleurotoma, and Terebra, are examples. See Illust. of Cone, n., 4, Pleurotoma, and Terebra.
Toxophilite (n.) 弓箭術研究者 A lover of archery; one devoted to archery.
Toxophilite (n.) Someone keen on or an expert at archery.
Toxophilite (a.) 射箭者的 Pertaining to archery.
Toxotes (n.) A genus of fishes comprising the archer fishes. See Archer fish.
Toy (v. t.) A plaything for children; a bawble.
Toy (v. t.) A thing for amusement, but of no real value; an article of trade of little value; a trifle.
Toy (v. t.) A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling opinion.
Toy (v. t.) Amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime.
Toy (v. t.) An old story; a silly tale.
Toy (v. t.) A headdress of linen or woolen, that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes; -- called also toy mutch.
toyed (imp. & p. p.) of Toy.
toying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Toy.
Toy (v. i.) To dally amorously; to trifle; to play.
Toy (v. t.) To treat foolishly.
Toyear (adv.) This year.
Toyer (n.) One who toys; one who is full of trifling tricks; a trifler.
Toyful (a.) Full of trifling play. [Obs.] -- Donne.
Toyhouse (n.) A house for children to play in or to play with; a playhouse.
Toyingly (adv.) In a toying manner.
Toyish (a.) Sportive; trifling; wanton.
Toyish (a.) Resembling a toy. -- Toy"ish*ly, adv. -- Toy"ish*ness, n.
Toyman (n.) One who deals in toys.
Toyshop (n.) A shop where toys are sold.
Toyshop (n.) Shop where toys are sold.
Toysome (a.) Disposed to toy;
trifling; wanton. [R.] -- Ford.
Toze (v. t.) To pull violently; to touse. [Obs.]
Tozy (a.) Soft, like wool that has been teased. -- To"zi*ness, n.
Trabeae (n. pl. ) of Trabea.
Trabea (n.) [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) A toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes. -- worn by kings, consuls, and augurs. -- Dr. W. Smith.
Trabeated (a.) (Arch.) Furnished with an entablature.
Trabeated (a.) Not arcuate; having straight horizontal beams or lintels (rather than arches) [syn: trabeated, trabeate].
Trabeation (n.) (Arch.) Same as Entablature.
Trabeculae (n. pl. ) of Trabecula.
Trabecula (n.) (Anat.) A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in the framework of an organ part.
Trabecula (n.) Rod-shaped structures of fibrous tissue that divide an organ into parts (as in the penis) or stabilize the structure of an organ (as in the spleen).
Trabecular (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a trabecula or trabeculae; composed of trabeculae.
Trabecular (a.) Of or relating to trabeculae [syn: trabecular, trabeculate].
Trabeculate (a.) (Bot.) Crossbarred, as the ducts in a banana stem.
Trabeculate (a.) Of or relating to trabeculae [syn: trabecular, trabeculate].
Trabu (n.) (Zool.) Same as Trubu.
Trace (n.) One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
Trace (n.) (Mech.) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, esp. from one plane to another; specif., such a piece in an organ-stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.
Trace (n.) A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace. -- Milton.
Trace (n.) (Chem. & Min.) A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis; -- hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr.
Trace (n.) A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige.
The shady empire shall retain no trace Of war or blood, but in the sylvan chase. -- Pope.
Trace (n.) (Descriptive Geom. & Persp.)
The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
Trace (n.) (Fort.) The ground plan of a work or works.
Syn. -- Vestige; mark; token. See Vestige.
Traced (imp. & p. p.) of Trace.
Tracing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Trace.
Trace (v. t.) To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing.
Some faintly traced features or outline of the mother and the child, slowly lading into the twilight of the woods. -- Hawthorne.
Trace (v. t.) To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens. -- Cowper.
You may trace the deluge quite round the globe. -- T. Burnet.
I feel thy power . . . to trace the ways Of highest agents. -- Milton.
Trace (v. t.) Hence, to follow the trace or track of.
How all the way the prince on footpace traced. -- Spenser.
Trace (v. t.) To copy; to imitate.
That servile path thou nobly dost decline, Of tracing word, and line by line. -- Denham.
Trace (v. t.) To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
We do tracethis alley up and down. -- Shak.
Trace (v. i.) To walk; to go; to travel. [Obs.]
Not wont on foot with heavy arms to trace. -- Spenser.
Trace (n.) A just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent" [syn: trace, hint, suggestion].
Trace (n.) An indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension" [syn: trace, vestige, tincture, shadow].
Trace (n.) A suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face" [syn: touch, trace, ghost].
Trace (n.) A drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image [syn: tracing, trace].
Trace (n.) Either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree.
Trace (n.) A visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle.
Trace (v.) Follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress" [syn: trace, follow].
Trace (v.) Make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand" [syn: trace, draw, line, describe, delineate].
Trace (v.) To go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path" [syn: trace, retrace].
Trace (v.) Pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him" [syn: hound, hunt, trace].
Trace (v.) Discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth."
Trace (v.) Make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along; "The children traced along the edge of the dark forest"; "The women traced the pasture."
Trace (v.) Copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of; "trace a design"; "trace a pattern."
Trace (v.) Read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs" [syn: decipher, trace].
Traceable (a.) Capable of being traced. -- Trace"a*ble*ness, n. -- Trace"a*bly, adv.
Traceable (a.) (Usually followed by `to') able to be traced to; "a failure traceable to lack of energy."
Traceable (a.) Capable of being traced or tracked; "a traceable riverbed"; "the traceable course of an ancient wall" [syn: traceable, trackable] [ant: untraceable].
Tracer (n.) One who, or that which, traces.
Tracer (n.) A person engaged (esp. in the express or railway service) in tracing, or searching out, missing articles, as packages or freight cars.
Tracer (n.) An inquiry sent out (esp. in transportation service) for a missing article, as a letter or an express package.
Tracer (n.) (Mil.) A type of ammunition that emits light or smoke as it moves toward its target, providing a visible path of the projectile in flight so that the point of impact may be observed; -- called also tracer ammunition.
Tracer (n.) (Mil.) the chemical substance used in tracer ammunition to cause it to be visible in flight.
Tracer (n.) A chemical substance with properties, such as radioactivity or fluorescence, which make it easily measurable, used to observe the movements of chemically related substances through a biological, physical, or chemical system; -- in biochemistry, also called labeled compounds.
Note: Radioactive tracers are used, for example, to measure the retention or distribution of residues of drugs after administration to an animal, to determine the type and rate of metabolism; also, to measure the rate of motion of molecules in electrophoresis or the leakage of small quantities of material from a container. Small fluorescent tracers may be attached in many cases to macromolecules such as proteins or nucleic acids, allowing the motions of such macromolecules to be easily observed by their acquired fluorescence, without appreciably changing their properties. In biological and biochemial systems the common radioactive isotopes used in tracers are carbon-14, tritium (hydrogen-3), sulfur-35, phosphorus-32, and iodine-131; other isotopes are also used, including non-radioactive isotopes such as carbon-13.
Tracer (n.) An investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods.
Tracer (n.) An instrument used to make tracings.
Tracer (n.) (Radiology) Any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes.
Tracer (n.) Ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke [syn: tracer, tracer bullet].
Traceries (n. pl. ) of Tracery.
Tracery (n.) (Arch.) 【建】（哥德式建築上窗子的）花飾窗格，夾縫裝飾 Ornamental work with rambled lines. Especially:
Tracery (n.) The decorative head of a Gothic window.
Note: Window tracery is of two sorts, plate tracery and bar tracery. Plate tracery, common in Italy, consists of a series of ornamental patterns cut through a flat plate of stone. Bar tracery is a decorative pattern formed by the curves and intersections of the molded bars of the mullions. Window tracery is imitated in many decorative objects, as panels of wood or metal either pierced or in relief. See also Stump tracery under {Stump}, and Fan tracery under {Fan}.
Tracery (n.) A similar decoration in some styles of vaulting, the ribs of the vault giving off the minor bars of which the tracery is composed.
Tracery (n.) A tracing of lines; a system of lines produced by, or as if by, tracing, esp. when interweaving or branching out in ornamental or graceful figures. "Knit with curious tracery." -- Burns.
Tracery (n.) Decoration consisting of an open pattern of interlacing ribs.
Tracheae (n. pl. ) of Trachea.
Trachea (n.) (Anat.) The windpipe. See Illust. of Lung.
Trachea (n.) (Zool.) One of the respiratory tubes of insects and arachnids.
Trachea (n.) (Bot.) One of the large cells in woody tissue which have spiral, annular, or other markings, and are connected longitudinally so as to form continuous ducts.