Webster's Dictionary 1828

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TEH-HEE

TEH-HEE, verb intransitive To laugh. [A cant word.]

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TEHHEE

TEH'HEE, a sound made in laughing.

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TEIL

TEILTEIL-TREE, noun [Latin tilia.] The lime tree, otherwise called the linden.

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TEIL-TREE

TEIL-TREE, n. [L. tilia.] The lime tree, otherwise called the linden.

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TEINT

TEINT, noun [Latin tingo, to dye.] Color; tinge. [See Tint.]

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TELARY

TEL'ARY, adjective [Latin tela, a web.] Pertaining to a web.1. Spinning webs; as a telary spider. [Little used.]

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TELEGRAPH

TEL'EGRAPH, noun [Gr. at a distance, and to write.] A machine for communicating intelligence from a distance by various signals or movements previously agreed on; which signals ...

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TELEGRAPHIC

TELEGRAPH'IC, adjective Pertaining to the telegraph; made by a telegraph; as telegraphic movements or signals; telegraphic art.1. Communicated by a telegraph; as telegraphic int...

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TELEOLOGY

TELEOL'OGY, noun [Gr. end, and discourse.] The science of the final causes of things.

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TELESCOPE

TEL'ESCOPE, noun [Gr. end, or at a distance, probably the latter, and to see.] An optical instrument employed in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies. It assists the ...

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TELESCOPE-SHELL

TEL'ESCOPE-SHELL, noun In conchology, a species of turbo with place, striated and numerous spires.

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TELESCOPIC

TELESCOP'ICTELESCOP'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope; as a telescopic view.1. Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as telescopic stars.

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TELESCOPICAL

TELESCOP'ICAL, a. Pertaining to a telescope; performed by a telescope; as a telescopic view.1. Seen or discoverable only by a telescope; as telescopic stars.

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TELESIA

TELE'SIA, noun Sapphire.

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TELESM

TEL'ESM, noun A kind of amulet or magical charm.

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TELESMATIC

TELESMAT'ICTELESMAT'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to telesms; magical.

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TELESMATICAL

TELESMAT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to telesms; magical.

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TELESTIC

TELES'TIC, noun [Gr. end, and a verse.] A poem in which the final letters of the lines make a name.

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TELL

TELL, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive told. [Latin telum; Latin appello and peal, Latin pello.]1. To utter; to express in words; to communicate to others.I ...

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TELL-TALE

TELL'-TALE, adjective Telling tales; babbling.TELL'-TALE, noun [tell and tale.] One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of individuals; one who tell...

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TELLER

TELL'ER, noun One that tells, relates or communicates the knowledge of something.1. One who numbers.2. In the exchequer of England, there are four officers called tellers, whose...

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TELLINITE

TEL'LINITE, noun [from tellina, a genus of testaceous animals.]Petrified or fossil shells of the genus Tellina.

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TELLURATE

TEL'LURATE, noun A compound of tellurium and a base.

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TELLURETED

TEL'LURETED, adjectivetellureted hydrogen is hydrogen combined with tellurium in a gaseous form.

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TELLURIUM

TELLU'RIUM, noun A metal recently discovered by Klaproth, combined with gold and silver in the ores, and received from the bannat of Temeswar. The ores are denominated native, g...

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TEMACHIS

TEM'ACHIS, noun [Gr. a piece.] A genus of fossils of the class of gypsums, softer than others, and of a bright glittering hue.

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TEMERARIOUS

TEMERA'RIOUS, adjective [Latin temerarius; from the root of time, tempest, which see. The sense is rushing or advancing forward.]1. Rash; headstrong; unreasonably adventurous; d...