TAWER
TAW'ER, noun A dresser of white leather.
Dicionário
Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
Buscar
Encontrar uma palavra ou entrada
Letra atual
T
2.778 entradas
TAWING
TAW'ING, participle present tense Dressing, as white leather.TAW'ING, noun The art and operation of preparing skins and forming them into white leather.
TAWNY
TAW'NY, adjective Of a yellowish dark color, like things tanned, or persons who are sun-burnt; as a tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny sons of Numidia; the tawny lion.
TAX
TAX, noun [Latin taxo, to tax]1. A rate or sum of money assessed on the person or property of a citizen by government, for the use of the nation or state. Taxes, in free governm...
TAXABLE
TAX'ABLE, adjective That may be taxed; liable by law to the assessment of taxes; as taxable estate. By the laws of some states, polls are taxable after the age of seventy.1. Tha...
TAXATION
TAXA'TION, noun [Latin taxatio.] A taxing; the act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes on the subjects of a state by government, or on the members of a corporation or company ...
TAXED
TAX'ED, participle passive Rated; assessed; accused.
TAXER
TAX'ER, noun One who taxes.1. In Cambridge, two officers chosen yearly to see the true gauge of weights and measures observed.
TAXIARCH
TAX'IARCH, noun [Gr. order, and chief.] An Athenian military officer commanding a taxis or battalion.
TAXIDERMY
TAX'IDERMY, noun [Gr. order, and skin.] The art of preparing and preserving specimens of animals.
TAXING
TAX'ING, participle present tense Imposing a tax; assessing, as a bill of cost; accusing.TAX'ING, noun The act of laying a tax; taxation. Luke 2:2.
TAXONOMY
TAXON'OMY, noun [Gr. order, and law.] Classification; a term used by a French author to denote the classification of plants.
TEA
TEA, noun1. The leaves of the tea-tree as dried and imported. There are several kinds of tea as imperial tea hyson and young hyson, called green teas; souchong and bohea, called...
TEA-BOARD
TE'A-BOARD, noun [tea and board.] A board to put tea furniture on.
TEA-CANISTER
TE'A-CANISTER, noun [tea and canister.] A canister or box in which tea is kept.
TEA-CUP
TE'A-CUP, noun [tea and cup.] A small cup in which tea is drank.
TEA-DRINKER
TE'A-DRINKER, noun [tea and drinker.] One who drinks much tea.
TEA-PLANT
TE'A-PLANT, noun The tea-tree.
TEA-POT
TE'A-POT, noun [tea and pot.] A vessel with a spout, in which tea is made, and from which it is poured into tea-cups.
TEA-SAUCER
TE'A-SAUCER, noun [tea and saucer.] A small saucer in which a tea-cup is set.
TEA-SPOON
TE'A-SPOON, noun [tea and spoon.] A small spoon used in drinking tea and coffee.
TEA-TABLE
TE'A-TABLE, noun [tea and table.] A table on which tea furniture is set, or at which tea is drank.
TEA-TREE
TE'A-TREE, noun [tea and tree.] The tree or plant that produces the leaves which are imported and called tea. The generic name given to it by Linne, is thea. It is a native of C...
TEACH
TEACH, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive taught. [Latin doceo; dico, dicto, and both these and the Gr. to show, may be of one family; all implying sending, pa...
TEACHABLE
TE'ACHABLE, adjective That may be taught; apt to learn; also, readily receiving instruction; docile.We ought to bring our minds free, unbiased and teachable to learn our religio...
TEACHABLENESS
TE'ACHABLENESS, noun The quality of being capable of receiving instruction; more generally, a willingness or readiness to be informed and instructed; docility; aptness to learn.
TEACHER
TE'ACHER, noun One who teaches or instructs.1. An instructor; a preceptor; a tutor; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others.2. One who instructs others in religio...