Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Tunnel (2)

Tun″nel, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Tunneled (�) or Tunnelled; p. pr. & vb. n.Tunneling or Tunnelling.]1. To form into a tunnel, or funnel, or to form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibro...

5672

Tunnel stern

Tun″nel stern. A design of motor-boat stern, for use in shallow waters, in which the propeller is housed in a tunnel and does not extend below the greatest draft.

5673

Tunny

Tun″ny (tŭn″ny̆), n.; pl.Tunnies (#). [L. thunnus, thynnus, Gr. θύννοσ, θυ̑νοσ: cf. It. tonno, F. & Pr. thon.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belongi...

5674

Tup

Tup (?), v. t. & i. [Probably akin to top summit, head.] 1. To butt, as a ram does.2. To cover; — said of a ram. Shak.

5675

Tup (2)

Tup, n.(Zoöl.) A ram.

5676

Tupaiid

Tu‐pai″id (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic insectivores of the family Tupaiidæ, somewhat resembling squirrels in size and arboreal habits. Th...

5677

Tupal

Tu‐pal″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of the tupaiids.

5678

Tupelo

Tu″pe‐lo (?), n. [Tupelo, or tupebo, the native American Indian name.] (Bot.) A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage an...

5679

Tupi

Tu″pi (?), n. An Indian of the tribe from which the Tupian stock takes its name, dwelling, at the advent of the Portuguese, about the mouth of the Amazon. Also, their language, ...

5680

Tupian

Tu″pi‐an (?), a. Designating, or pert. to, a linguistic stock of South American Indians comprising the most important Brazilian tribes. Agriculture, pottery, and stone working w...

5681

Tupman

Tup″man (?), n.; pl.Tupmen (�). A man who breeds, or deals in tups.

5682

Tuque

Tuque (?), n. [Canadian F. See Toque.] A kind of warm cap winter wear, made from a knit bag with closed tapered ends by pushing one end within the other, thus making a conical c...

5683

Tur

‖Tur (?), n.(Zoöl.) The urus.

5684

Turacin

Tu″ra‐cin (?), n.(Physiol.)(Chem.) A red or crimson pigment obtained from certain feathers of several species of turacou; whence the name. It contains nearly six per cent of cop...

5685

Turacou

Tu‐ra″cou (?), n. [Cf. F. touraco.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of plantain eaters of the genus Turacus, native of Africa. They are remarkable for the peculiar green and ...

5686

Turacoverdin

Tu‐ra′co‐ver″din (?), n. [See Turacou, and Verdant.] (Physiol.)(Chem.) A green pigment found in the feathers of the turacou. See Turacin.

5687

Turanian

Tu‐ra″ni‐an (?), a. [From Tur, the name, in Persian legendary history, of one of the three brothers from whom sprang the races of mankind.] Of, pertaining to, or designating, an...

5688

Turanian (2)

Tu‐ra″ni‐an (?), n. One of the Turanians.

5689

Turanians

Tu‐ra″ni‐ans (?), n. pl.(Ethnol.) (a) An extensive division of mankind including the Mongols and allied races of Asia, together with the Malays and Polynesians. (b) A group of r...

5690

Turatt

Tu″ratt (?), n.(Zoöl.) The hare kangaroo.

5691

Turban

Tur″ban (?), n. [OE. turband, turbant, tolibant, F. turban, It. turbante, Turk. tulbend, dulbend, fr. Per. dulband. Cf. Tulip.] 1. A headdress worn by men in the Levant and by m...

5692

Turban-shell

Tur″ban–shell′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A sea urchin when deprived of its spines; — popularly so called from a fancied resemblance to a turban.

5693

Turban-top

Tur″ban–top′ (?), n.(Bot.) A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus (Helvella, orGyromitra, esculenta.).

5694

Turband

Tur″band (?), n. A turban. Balfour (Cyc. of Ind.).

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Turbaned

Tur″baned (?), a. Wearing a turban. “ A malignant and a turbaned Turk.” Shak.

5696

Turbant

Tur″bant (?), n. A turban. Milton.I see the Turk nodding with his turbant. Howell.

5697

Turbary

Tur″ba‐ry (?), n.; pl.Turbaries (#). [LL. turbaria a place for digging peat, from turba peat. See Turf.] (Eng. Law) A right of digging turf on another man's land; also, the grou...