Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 92
Twittle-twattle (n.) Tattle; gabble. -- L'Estrange.
'Twixt () An abbreviation of Betwixt, used in poetry, or in colloquial language.
'Twixt-brain (n.) (Anat.) The thalamencephalon.
Two (n.) One and one; twice one. "Two great lights." -- Gen. i. 16. "Two black clouds." -- Milton.
Note: Two is often joined with other words, forming compounds signifying divided into, consisting of, or having, two parts, divisions, organs, or the like; as two-bladed, two-celled, two-eared, two-flowered, twohand, two-headed, two-horse, two-leafed or two-leaved, two-legged, two-lobed, two-masted, two-named, two-part, two-petaled, two-pronged, two-seeded, two-sided, two-story, two-stringed, two-toothed, two-valved, two-winged, and the like.
One or two, A phrase often used indefinitely for a small number.
Two (n.) The sum of one and one; the number next greater than one, and next less than three; two units or objects.
Two (n.) A symbol representing two units, as 2, II., or ii.
In two, Asunder; into two parts; in halves; in twain; as, cut in two.
Two (a.) Being one more than one; "he received two messages" [syn: two, 2, ii].
Two (n.) The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number [syn: two, 2, II, deuce].
Two (n.) One of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots [syn: deuce, two].
Two-capsuled (a.) (Bot.) Having two distinct capsules; bicapsular.
Two-cleft (a.) (Bot.) Divided about half way from the border to the base into two segments; bifid.
Two-decker (n.) A vessel of war carrying guns on two decks.
Two-edged (a.) Having two edges, or edges on both sides; as, a two-edged sword.
Twofold (a.) Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument.
Twofold (adv.) In a double degree; doubly.
Twofold (adv.) By a factor of two; "the price increased twofold last year" [syn: twofold, two times].
Twofold (a.) Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence" -- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison [syn: double, dual, twofold, two-fold, treble, threefold, three-fold].
Twofold (a.) Twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase" [syn: double, doubled, twofold, two-fold].
Two-foot (a.) Measuring two feet; two feet long, thick, or wide; as, a two-foot rule.
Two-forked (a.) Divided into two parts, somewhat after the manner of a fork; dichotomous.
Two-hand (a.) Employing two hands; as, the two-hand alphabet. See Dactylology.
Two-handed (a.) Having two hands; -- often used as an epithet equivalent to large, stout, strong, or powerful. "Two-handed sway." -- Milton.
Two-handed (a.) Used with both hands; as, a two-handed sword.
That two-handed engine [the sword]. -- Milton.
Two-handed (a.) Using either hand equally well; ambidextrous.
Two-handed (a.) Equally skillful with each hand; "an ambidextrous surgeon" [syn: ambidextrous, two-handed] [ant: left-handed, right-handed].
Two-handed (a.) Requiring two hands or designed for two people; "a two-handed sledgehammer"; "a two-handed crosscut saw"; "a machine designed for bimanual operation" [syn: two-handed, bimanual].
Two-lipped (a.) Having two lips.
Two-lipped (a.) (Bot.) Divided in such a manner as to resemble the two lips when the mouth is more or less open; bilabiate.
Two-lipped (a.) Having two lips; "the corolla of a snapdragon is bilabiate" [syn: bilabiate, two-lipped].
Two-parted (a.) (Bot.) Divided from the border to the base into two distinct parts; bipartite.
Twopence
(n.) A
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Twopence (n.) A former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies [syn: twopence, tuppence].
Twopenny (a.) Of the value of twopence.
Twopenny (a.) Of trifling worth [syn: sixpenny, threepenny, twopenny, tuppeny, two-a-penny, twopenny- halfpenny].
Two-ply (a.) Consisting of two thicknesses, as cloth; double.
Two-ply (a.) Woven double, as cloth or carpeting, by incorporating two sets of warp thread and two of weft.
Two-ply (a.) Having a thickness made up of two layers or strands.
Two-ranked (a.) (Bot.) Alternately disposed on exactly opposite sides of the stem so as to from two ranks; distichous.
Two-sided (a.) Having two sides only; hence, double-faced; hypocritical.
Two-sided (a.) (Biol.) Symmetrical.
Two-tongued (a.) Double-tongued; deceitful.
Twyblade (n.) See Twayblade.
Two-sided (a.) Capable of being reversed or used with either side out; "a reversible jacket" [syn: reversible, two-sided] [ant: nonreversible, one-sided].
Two-sided (a.) Having two sides or parts [syn: bilateral, two-sided].
Ty-all (n.) Something serving to tie or secure. [Obs.] -- Latimer.
Tyburn ticket () (O. Eng. Law) A certificate given to one who prosecutes a felon to conviction, exempting him from certain parish and ward offices.
Tyburn ticket, () Eng. late. A certificate given to the prosecutor of a felon to conviction, is so called.
Tyburn ticket, () By the 10 & 11. W. III., c. 23, the original proprietor or first assignee of such certificate is exempted from all and all manner of parish and ward offices within the parish or ward where the felony shall have been committed. Bac. Ab. Constable, C.
Tychonic (a.) Of or pertaining to Tycho Brahe, or his system of astronomy.
Tycoon (n.) The title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief of the Japanese army, was known to foreigners.
Tycoon (n.) A very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron" [syn: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon].
Tydy (n.) (Zool.) Same as Tidy.
Tye (n.) A knot; a tie. [R.] See Tie.
Tye (n.) (Naut.) A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered.
Tye (n.) (Mining) A trough for washing ores. -- Knight.
Tye (v. t.) See Tie, the proper orthography.
Tye, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 1158
Housing Units (2000): 582
Land area (2000): 4.664237 sq. miles (12.080317 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.664237 sq. miles (12.080317 sq. km)
FIPS code: 74132
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 32.453324 N, 99.866993 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 79563
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Tye, TX
Tye
Tyer (n.) One who ties, or unites. [R.]
Tyfoon (n.) See Typhoon.
Typhoon (n.) A violent whirlwind; specifically, a violent whirlwind occurring in the Chinese seas.
Typhoon (n.) A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans.
Tyger (n.) (Zool.) A tiger. [Obs.]
Tying () p. pr. of Tie.
Tying (n.) (Mining) The act or process of washing ores in a buddle.
Tying (n.) The act of tying or binding things together [syn: tying, ligature].
Tyke (n.) See 2d Tike.
Tylari (n. pl. ) of Tylarus.
Tylarus (n.) One of the pads on the under surface of the toes of birds.
Tyler (n.) See 2d Tiler.
Tylopoda (n. pl.) A tribe of ungulates comprising the camels.
Tyloses (n. pl. ) of Tylosis.
Tylosis (n.) An intrusion of one vegetable cell into the cavity of another, sometimes forming there an irregular mass of cells.
Tymbal (n.) A kind of kettledrum.
Tymp (n.) A hollow water-cooled iron casting in the upper part of the archway in which the dam stands.
Tympan (n.) A drum.
Tympan (n.) A panel; a tympanum.
Tympan (n.) A frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which the blank sheets are put, in order to be laid on the form to be impressed.
Tympanal (n.) Tympanic.
Tympanic (a.) Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane.
Tympanic (a.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum.
Tympanic (n.) The tympanic bone.
Tympanist (n.) One who beats a drum.
Tympanites (n.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympany.
Tympanitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or affected with, tympanites.
Tympanitis (n.) Inflammation of the lining membrane of the middle ear.
Tympanize (v. i.) To drum.
Tympanized (imp. & p. p.) of Tympanize.
Tympanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tympanize.
Tympanize (v. t.) To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum.
Tympani (n. pl. ) of Tympano.
Tympano (n.) A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See Kettledrum.
Tympano- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tympanum; as in tympanohyal, tympano-Eustachian.
Tympanohyal (a.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoidean arch.
Tympanohyal (n.) The proximal segment in the hyoidean arch, becoming a part of the styloid process of the temporal bone in adult man.
Tympanums (n. pl. ) of Tympanum.
Tympana (n. pl. ) of Tympanum.
Tympanum (n.) The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear.
Tympanum (n.) A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds.
Tympanum (n.) One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse.
Tympanum (n.) The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table.
Tympanum (n.) The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch.
Tympanum (n.) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation.
Tympany (n.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites.
Tympany (n.) Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness.
Tynd (v. t.) To shut; to close.
Tyne (v. t.) To lose.
Tyne (v. i.) To become lost; to perish.
Tyne (n.) A prong or point of an antler.
Tyne (n.) Anxiety; tine.
Tyny (a.) Small; tiny.
Typal (a.) Relating to a type or types; belonging to types; serving as a type; typical.
-type (n.) A combining form signifying impressed form; stamp; print; type; typical form; representative; as in stereotype phototype, ferrotype, monotype.
Type (n.) The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem.
The faith they have in tennis, and tall stockings, Short blistered breeches, and those types of travel. -- Shak.
Type (n.) Form or character impressed; style; semblance.
Thy father bears the type of king of Naples. -- Shak.
Type (n.) A figure or representation of something to come; a token; a sign; a symbol; -- correlative to antitype.
A type is no longer a type when the thing typified comes to be actually exhibited. -- South.
Type (n.) That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities; the representative. Specifically:
Type (n.) (Biol.) A general form or structure common to a number of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a species, genus, or other group, combining the essential characteristics; an animal or plant possessing or exemplifying the essential characteristics of a species, genus, or other group. Also, a group or division of animals having a certain typical or characteristic structure of body maintained within the group.
Since the time of Cuvier and Baer . . . the whole animal kingdom has been universally held to be divisible into a small number of main divisions or types. -- Haeckel.
Type (n.) (Fine Arts) The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; esp., the design on the face of a medal or a coin.
Type (n.) (Chem.) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.
Note: The fundamental types used to express the simplest and most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric acid, HCl; water, H2O; ammonia, NH3; and methane, CH4.
Type (n.) (Typog.) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing.
Type (n.) (Typog.) Such letters or characters, in general, or the whole quantity of them used in printing, spoken of collectively; any number or mass of such letters or characters, however disposed.
Note: Type are mostly made by casting type metal in a mold, though some of the larger sizes are made from maple, mahogany, or boxwood. In the cut, a is the body; b, the face, or part from which the impression is taken; c, the shoulder, or top of the body; d, the nick (sometimes two or more are made), designed to assist the compositor in distinguishing the bottom of the face from t`e top; e, the groove made in the process of finishing, -- each type as cast having attached to the bottom of the body a jet, or small piece of metal (formed by the surplus metal poured into the mold), which, when broken off, leaves a roughness that requires to be removed. The fine lines at the top and bottom of a letter are technically called ceriphs, and when part of the face projects over the body, as in the letter f, the projection is called a kern.
The type which compose an ordinary book font consist of Roman CAPITALS, small capitals, and lower-case letters, and Italic CAPITALS and lower-case letters, with accompanying figures, points, and reference marks, -- in all about two hundred characters. Including the various modern styles of fancy type, some three or four hundred varieties of face are made. Besides the ordinary Roman and Italic, some of the most important of the varieties are Old English. Black Letter. Old Style.
French Elzevir. Boldface. Antique. Clarendon. Gothic. Typewriter. Script.
The smallest body in common use is diamond; then follow in order of size, pearl, agate, nonpareil, minion, brevier, bourgeois (or two-line diamond), long primer (or two-line pearl), small pica (or two-line agate), pica (or two-line nonpareil), English (or two-line minion), Columbian (or two-line brevier), great primer (or two-line bourgeois), paragon (or two-line long primer), double small pica (or two-line small pica), double pica (or two-line pica), double English (or two-line English), double great primer (or two-line great primer), double paragon (or two-line paragon), canon (or two-line double pica).
Above this, the sizes are called five-line pica, six-line pica, seven-line pica, and so on, being made mostly of wood. The following alphabets show the different sizes up to great primer.
Brilliant . . abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Diamond . . abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Pearl . . .
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Agate . . .
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Nonpareil . . .
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Minion . . .
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Brevier . . .
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Bourgeois . .
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Long primer . . .
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Small pica . .
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Pica . . . . .
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz English . . .
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Columbian . . .
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Great primer . . .
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
The foregoing account is conformed to the designations made use of by American type founders, but is substantially correct for England. Agate, however, is called ruby, in England, where, also, a size intermediate between nonpareil and minion is employed, called emerald.
Point system of type bodies (Type Founding), A system adopted by the type founders of the United States by which the various sizes of type have been so modified and changed that each size bears an exact proportional relation to every other size. The system is a modification of a French system, and is based on the pica body. This pica body is divided into twelfths, which are termed "points," and every type body consist of a given number of these points. Many of the type founders indicate the new sizes of type by the number of points, and the old names are gradually being done away with. By the point system type founders cast type of a uniform size and height, whereas formerly fonts of pica or other type made by different founders would often vary slightly so that they could not be used together. There are no type in actual use corresponding to the smaller theoretical sizes of the point system. In some cases, as in that of ruby, the term used designates a different size from that heretofore so called.
1 American 9 Bourgeois [bar] [bar] 11/2 German [bar] 2 Saxon 10 Long Primer [bar] [bar] 21/2 Norse [bar] 3 Brilliant 11 Small Pica [bar] [bar] 31/2 Ruby 12 Pica [bar] [bar] 4 Excelsior [bar] 41/2 Diamond 14 English [bar] [bar] 5 Pearl 16 Columbian [bar] [bar] 51/2 Agate [bar] 6 Nonpareil 18 Great Primer [bar] [bar] 7 Minion [bar] 8 Brevier 20 Paragon [bar] [bar] Diagram of the "points" by which sizes of Type are graduated in the "Point System".
Type founder, One who casts or manufacture type.
Type foundry, Type foundery, A place for the manufacture of type.
Type metal, An alloy used in making type, stereotype plates, etc., and in backing up electrotype plates. It consists essentially of lead and antimony, often with a little tin, nickel, or copper.
Type wheel, A wheel having raised letters or characters on its periphery, and used in typewriters, printing telegraphs, etc.
Unity of type (Biol.), That fundamental agreement in structure which is seen in organic beings of the same class, and is quite independent of their habits of life. -- Darwin.