Webster's Dictionary 1913

5617

Tumular

Tu″mu‐lar (?), a. [L. tumulus a mound: cf. F. tumulaire. See Tumulus.] Consisting in a heap; formed or being in a heap or hillock. Pinkerton.

5618

Tumulate

Tu″mu‐late (?), v. t. [L. tumulatus, p. p. of tumulare to tumulate. See Tumulus.] To cover, as a corpse, with a mound or tomb; to bury.

5619

Tumulate (2)

Tu″mu‐late, v. i. To swell. Wilkins.

5620

Tumulose

Tu″mu‐lose′ (?), a. Tumulous. Bailey.

5621

Tumulosity

Tu′mu‐los″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being tumulous; hilliness. Bailey.

5622

Tumulous

Tu″mu‐lous (?), a. [L. tumulosus, fr. tumulus a mound.] Full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose. Bailey.

5623

Tumult

Tu″mult (?), n. [L. tumultus; probably akin to Skr. tumula noise, noisy, and perhaps to L. tumere to swell, E. tumid: cf. F. tumulte.] 1. The commotion or agitation of a multitu...

5624

Tumult (2)

Tu″mult (?), v. i. To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt. Milton.

5625

Tumulter

Tu″mult‐er (?), n. A maker of tumults.He severely punished the tumulters. Milton.

5626

Tumultuarily

Tu‐mul″tu‐a‐ri‐ly (?), adv. In a tumultuary manner.

5627

Tumultuariness

Tu‐mul″tu‐a‐ri‐ness, n. The quality or state of being tumultuary.

5628

Tumultuary

Tu‐mul″tu‐a‐ry (?), a. [L. tumultuarius: cf. F. tumultuaire.] 1. Attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; promiscuous; confused; tumultuous. “A tumultuary conflict.” Eik...

5629

Tumultuate

Tu‐mul″tu‐ate (?), v. i. [L. tumultuatus, p. p. of tumultuari to make a tumult.] To make a tumult. “He will murmur and tumultuate.” South.

5630

Tumultuation

Tu‐mul′tu‐a″tion (?), n. [L. tumultuatio.] Irregular or disorderly movement; commotion; as, the tumultuation of the parts of a fluid. Boyle.

5631

Tumultuous

Tu‐mul″tu‐ous (?), a. [L. tumultuosus: cf. F. tumultueux.] 1. Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent.The flight became wild and tumultuous. Macaulay.2. C...

5632

Tumulus

‖Tu″mu‐lus (?), n.; pl.Tumuli (#). [L., a mound, a sepulchral mound, probably from tumere to swell. Cf. Tumid.] An artificial hillock, especially one raised over a grave, partic...

5633

Tun

Tun (?), n. [AS. tunne. See Ton a weight.] 1. A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.2. (Brewing) A ferm...

5634

Tun (2)

Tun, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Tunned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tunning.] To put into tuns, or casks. Boyle.

5635

Tun-bellied

Tun″–bel′lied (?), a. Having a large, protuberant belly, or one shaped like a tun; pot-bellied.

5636

Tun-dish

Tun″–dish′ (?), n. A tunnel. Shak.

5637

Tun-great

Tun″–great′ (?), a. Having the circumference of a tun. Chaucer.

5638

Tuna

Tu″na (?), n.(Bot.) The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly.

5639

Tuna (2)

Tu″na, n. [Cf. Tunny.] (Zoöl.) (a) The tunny. (b) The bonito, 2.

5640

Tunable

Tun″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being tuned, or made harmonious; hence, harmonious; musical; tuneful. — Tun″a‐ble‐ness, n. — Tun″a‐bly, adv.And tunable as sylvan pipe or song. Milton.

5641

Tundra

‖Tun″dra (?), n. A rolling, marshy, mossy plain of Northern Siberia.

5642

Tundra (2)

‖Tun″dra (?), n. One of the level or undulating treeless plains characteristic of northern arctic regions in both hemispheres. The tundras mark the limit of arborescent vegetati...

5643

Tune

Tune (?), n. [A variant of tone.] 1. A sound; a note; a tone. “The tune of your voices.” Shak.2. (Mus.) (a) A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one voice or...