Webster's Dictionary 1913

3133

Tivoli

Tiv″o‐li (?), n. [Prob. fr. Tivoli in Italy, a pleasure resort not far from Rome.] A game resembling bagatelle, played on a special oblong board or table (Tivoliboard or table),...

3134

Tivy

Tiv″y (?), adv. [See Tantivy.] With great speed; — a huntsman's word or sound. Dryden.

3135

Tiza

Ti″za (?), n. [CF. Sp. tiza whitening, a kind of chalk or pipe clay.] (Chem.) See Ulexite.

3136

Tlinkit

Tlin″kit (?), n. pl. The Indians of a seafaring group of tribes of southern Alaska comprising the Koluschan stock. Previous to deterioration from contact with the whites they we...

3137

Tmesis

Tme″sis (?), n.(Gram.) The separation of the parts of a compound word by the intervention of one or more words; as, in what place soever, for whatsoever place.

3138

To

To (�, emphatic or alone, �, obscure or unemphatic), prep. [AS. tō; akin to OS. & OFries. tō, D. toe, G. zu, OHG. zuo, zua, zō, Russ. do, Ir. & Gael. do, OL. -do, -du, as in end...

3139

To-

To– (?, see To, prep.), [AS. to- asunder; akin to G. zer-, and perhaps to L. dis-, or Gr. �.] An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat...

3140

To-beat

To–beat″ (?), v. t. [Pref. to- + beat.] To beat thoroughly or severely. Layamon.

3141

To-break

To–break″ (?), v. t. [Pref. to- + break.] To break completely; to break in pieces.With nose and mouth to-broke. Chaucer.

3142

To-brest

To–brest″ (?), v. t. [Pref. to- + brest.] To burst or break in pieces. Chaucer.

3143

To-day

To–day″ (?), adv. [AS. tō dæg. See To, prep., and Day.] On this day; on the present day.Worcester's horse came but to-day. Shak.

3144

To-day (2)

To–day″, n. The present day.On to-dayIs worth for me a thousand yesterdays. Longfellow.

3145

To-do

To–do″ (?), n. [To + do. Cf. Ado.] Bustle; stir; commotion; ado.

3146

To-fall

To–fall″ (?), n.(Arch.) A lean-to. See Lean-to.

3147

To-name

To″–name′ (?), n. [prep. to + name.] A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, or used instead of it. Jamieson.

3148

To-rend

To–rend″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.To-rent.] [Pref. to- + rend.] To rend in pieces.The wolf hath many a sheep and lamb to-rent. Chaucer.

3149

Toad

Toad (?), n. [OE. tode, tade, AS. tādie, tādige; of unknown origin. Cf. Tadpole.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus Bufo and allied gener...

3150

Toadeater

Toad″eat′er (?), n. [Said to be so called in allusion to an old alleged practice among mountebanks' boys of eating toads (popularly supposed to be poisonous), in order that thei...

3151

Toadfish

Toad″fish′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) Any marine fish of the genus Batrachus, having a large, thick head and a wide mouth, and bearing some resemblance to a toad. The American species (...

3152

Toadflax

Toad″flax′ (?), n.(Bot.) An herb (Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; — called also butter and eggs, flaxweed, and...

3153

Toadhead

Toad″head′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The golden plover.

3154

Toadish

Toad″ish, a. Like a toad. A. Stafford.

3155

Toadlet

Toad″let (?), n. A small toad. Coleridge.

3156

Toadstone

Toad″stone′ (?), n. 1. (Min.) A local name for the igneous rocks of Derbyshire, England; — said by some to be derived from the German todter stein, meaning dead stone, that is, ...

3157

Toadstool

Toad″stool′ (?), n.(Bot.) A name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the genus Agaricus. The species are almost numberless. They grow on decaying organic matter.

3158

Toady

Toad″y (?), n.; pl.Toadies (#). [Shortened from toadeater.] 1. A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant.Before I had been standing at the window five minutes, they somehow con...

3159

Toady (2)

Toad″y (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Toadied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Toadying.] To fawn upon with mean sycophancy.