Webster's Dictionary 1828

2620

TURTLE-DOVE

TUR'TLE-DOVE, noun A species of the genus Columba. [See Turtle.]

2621

TURTLE-SHELL

TUR'TLE-SHELL, noun [turtle and shell.] A shell, a beautiful species of Murex; also, tortoise-shell.

2622

TUSCAN

TUS'CAN, adjective Pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; an epithet given to one of the orders of columns, the most ancient and simple.TUS'CAN, noun An order of columns.

2623

TUSH

TUSH, an exclamation, indicating check, rebuke or contempt. tushtush never tell me such a story as that.TUSH, noun A tooth.

2624

TUSK

TUSK, noun The long pointed tooth of certain rapacious, carnivorous or fighting animals; as the tusks of the boar.TUSK, verb intransitive To gnash the teeth, as a boar.

2625

TUSKED

TUSK'EDTUSK'Y, adjective Furnished with tusks; as the tusky boar.

2626

TUSKY

TUSK'Y, a. Furnished with tusks; as the tusky boar.

2627

TUSSLE

TUS'SLE, noun A struggle; a conflict. [Vulgar.] [See Touse.]

2628

TUSSOC

TUS'SOC, noun A tuft of grass or twigs.

2629

TUSSUC

TUS'SUCTUT, an exclamation, used for checking or rebuking.TUT, noun An imperial ensign of a golden globe with a cross on it.Tut bargain, among miners, a bargain by the lump. [Qu...

2630

TUT

TUT, an exclamation, used for checking or rebuking.TUT, n. An imperial ensign of a golden globe with a cross on it.Tut bargain, among miners, a bargain by the lump. [Qu.L. totus.]

2631

TUTELAGE

TU'TELAGE, noun [from Latin tutela, protection, from tueor, to defend.]1. Guardianship; protection; applied to the person protecting; as, the king's right of seignory and tutela...

2632

TUTELAR

TU'TELARTU'TELARY, adjective [Latin tutelaris, supra.] Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as tutelary genii; tutelary god...

2633

TUTELARY

TU'TELARY, a. [L. tutelaris, supra.] Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as tutelary genii; tutelary goddesses.

2634

TUTENAG

TU'TENAG, noun The Chinese name of zink. Sometimes the word is used to denote a metallic compound brought from China, called Chinese copper or white copper, consisting of copper...

2635

TUTOR

TU'TOR, noun [Latin from tuero, to defend.]1. In the civil law, a guardian; one who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate.2. One who has the care of instructing anot...

2636

TUTORAGE

TU'TORAGE, noun In the civil law, guardianship; the charge of a pupil and his estate. In France, tutorage does not expire till the pupil is twenty five years of age.1. The autho...

2637

TUTORED

TU'TORED, participle passive Instructed; corrected; disciplined.

2638

TUTORESS

TU'TORESS, noun A female tutor; an instructress; a governess.

2639

TUTORING

TU'TORING, participle present tense Teaching; directing; correcting.TU'TORING, noun The act of instructing; education.

2640

TUTRIX

TU'TRIX, noun A female guardian.

2641

TUTSAN

TUT'SAN, noun A plant, park-leaves, of the genus Hypericum.

2642

TUTTI

TUT'TI, noun [Latin toti.] In Italian music, a direction for all to play in full concert.

2643

TUTTY

TUT'TY, noun [Low Latin tutia.] An argillaceous ore of zink, found in Persia, formed on cylindric molds into tubular pieces, like the bark of a tree. It is said to be made of a ...

2644

TUZ

TUZ, noun A lock or tuft of hair. [Not in use.]

2645

TWAIN

TWAIN, adjective or noun Two.When old winter splits the rocks in twain[Nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque.]

2646

TWAIT

TWAIT, noun A fish.1. In old writers, wood grubbed up and converted into arable land. [Local.]