TUMBLING-BAY
TUM'BLING-BAY, noun In a canal, an overfall or weir.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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TUMBREL
TUM'BREL, noun1. A ducking stool for the punishment of scolds.2. A dung-cart.3. A cart or carriage with two wheels, which accompanies troops or artillery, for conveying the tool...
TUMBRIL
TUM'BRIL, noun A contrivance of the basket kind, or a kind of cage of osiers, willows, etc. for keeping hay and other food for sheep.
TUMEFACTION
TUMEFAC'TION, noun [Latin tumefacio, to make tumid. See Tumid.] The act or process of swelling or rising into a tumor; a tumor; a swelling.
TUMEFIED
TU'MEFIED, participle passive [from tumefy.] Swelled; enlarged; as a tumefied joint.
TUMEFY
TU'MEFY, verb transitive [Latin tumefacio; tumidus, tumeo, and facio.]To swell, or cause to swell.TU'MEFY, verb intransitive To swell; to rise in a tumor.
TUMEFYING
TU'MEFYING, participle present tense Swelling; rising in a tumor.
TUMID
TU'MID, adjective [Latin tumidus, from tumeo, to swell.]1. Being swelled, enlarged or distended; as a tumid leg; tumid flesh.2. Protuberant; rising above the level.So high as he...
TUMIDLY
TU'MIDLY, adverb In a swelling form.
TUMIDNESS
TU'MIDNESS, noun A swelling or swelled state.
TUMITE
TU'MITE, noun A mineral. [See Thummerstone.]
TUMOR
TU'MOR, noun [Latin from tumeo, to swell.] In surgery, a swelling; a morbid enlargement of any part of the body; a word of very comprehensive signification.The morbid enlargemen...
TUMORED
TU'MORED, noun Distended; swelled.
TUMOROUS
TU'MOROUS, adjective Swelling; protuberant.1. Vainly pompous; bombastic; as language or style. [Little used.]
TUMP
TUMP, noun [infra.] A little hillock.TUMP, verb transitive [Latin tumulus. See Tomb.] In gardening, to form a mass of earth or a hillock round a plant; as, to tump teasel. [This...
TUMPED
TUMP'ED, participle passive Surrounded with a hillock of earth.
TUMPING
TUMP'ING, participle present tense Raising a mass of earth round a plant.
TUMULAR
TU'MULAR, adjective [Latin tumulus, a heap.] Consisting in a heap; formed or being in a heap or hillock.
TUMULATE
TU'MULATE, verb intransitive To swell. [Not in use.]
TUMULOSITY
TUMULOS'ITY, noun [infra.] Hilliness.
TUMULOUS
TU'MULOUS, adjective [Latin tumulosus.] Full of hills.
TUMULT
TU'MULT, noun [Latin tumultus, a derivative from tumeo, to swell.]1. The commotion, disturbance or agitation of a multitude, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar and con...
TUMULTUARILY
TUMULT'UARILY, adverb [from tumultuary.] In a tumultuary or disorderly manner.
TUMULTUARINESS
TUMULT'UARINESS, noun Disorderly or tumultuous conduct; turbulence; disposition to tumult.
TUMULTUARY
TUMULT'UARY, adjective [Latin tumultus.]1. Disorderly; promiscuous; confused; as a tumultuary conflict.2. Restless; agitated; unquiet.Men who live without religion, live always ...
TUMULTUATE
TUMULT'UATE, verb intransitive [Latin tumultuo.] To make a tumult. [Not used.]
TUMULTUATION
TUMULTUA'TION, noun Commotion; irregular or disorderly movement; as the tumultuation of the parts of a fluid.