TUNNEL
TUN'NEL, noun A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, and a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor into casks.1. The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; call...
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TUNNEL-KILN
TUN'NEL-KILN, noun A lime-kiln in which coal is burnt, as distinguished from a flame kiln, in which wood or peat is used.
TUNNEL-NET
TUN'NEL-NET, noun A net with a wide mouth at one end and narrow at the other.
TUNNEL-PIT
TUN'NEL-PIT, noun A shaft sunk from the top of the ground to the level of an intended tunnel, for drawing up the earth and stones.
TUNNING
TUN'NING, participle present tense Putting into casks.
TUNNY
TUN'NY, noun [Latin thynnus.] A fish of the genus Scomber, the Spanish mackerel. The largest weigh upwards of four hundred pounds.
TUP
TUP, noun A ram. [Local.]TUP, verb transitive To butt, as a ram. [Local.]1. To cover, as a ram. [Local.]
TUPELO
TU'PELO, noun A tree of the genus Nyssa.TUP'-MAN, noun A man who deals in tups. [Local.]
TURBAN
TUR'BAN, noun A head dress worn by the orientals, consisting of a cap, and a sash of fine linen or taffeta artfully wound round it in plaits. The cap is red or green, roundish o...
TURBAN-SHELL
TUR'BAN-SHELL, noun In natural history, a genus of shells, or rather of sea urchins, (echinodermata,) of a hemispheric or spheroidal shape, the Cidaris of Klein.
TURBAN-TOP
TUR'BAN-TOP, noun A plant of the genus Helvella; a kind of fungus or mushroom.
TURBANED
TUR'BANED, adjective Wearing a turban; as a turbaned Turk.
TURBARY
TUR'BARY, noun [from turf; Latinized, turbaria.]1. In law, a right of digging turf on another man's land. Common of turbary is the liberty which a tenant enjoys of digging turf ...
TURBID
TUR'BID, adjective [Latin turbidus, from turbo, to disturb, that is, to stir, to turn.] Properly, having the lees disturbed; but in a more general sense, muddy; foul with extran...
TURBIDLY
TUR'BIDLY, adverb Proudly; haughtily; a Latinism. [Not in use.]
TURBIDNESS
TUR'BIDNESS, noun Muddiness; foulness.
TURBILLION
TURBIL'LION, noun A whirl; a vortex.
TURBINATE
TUR'BINATETUR'BINATED, adjective [Latin turbinatus, formed like atop, form turbo, turben, atop.]1. In conchology, spiral, or wreathed conically from a larger base to a kind of a...
TURBINATED
TUR'BINATED, a. [L. turbinatus, formed like atop, form turbo, turben, atop.]1. In conchology, spiral, or wreathed conically from a larger base to a kind of apex; as turbinated s...
TURBINATION
TURBINA'TION, noun The act of spinning or whirling, as a top.
TURBINITE
TUR'BINITETUR'BIT, noun A variety of the domestic pigeon, remarkable for its short beak; called by the Dutch kort-bek, short beak.1. The turbot.
TURBIT
TUR'BIT, n. A variety of the domestic pigeon, remarkable for its short beak; called by the Dutch kort-bek, short beak.1. The turbot.
TURBITE
TUR'BITE, noun A petrified shell of the turbo kind.
TURBITH
TUR'BITHTUR'BOT, noun A fish of the genus Pleuronectes, [fishes which swim on the side.] It grows to the weight of twenty or thirty pounds, and is much esteemed by epicures.
TURBOT
TUR'BOT, n. A fish of the genus Pleuronectes, [fishes which swim on the side.] It grows to the weight of twenty or thirty pounds, and is much esteemed by epicures.
TURBULENCE
TUR'BULENCETUR'BULENCY, noun [See Turbulent.] A disturbed state; tumult; confusion; as the turbulence of the times; turbulence in political affairs.1. Disorder or tumult of the ...
TURBULENCY
TUR'BULENCY, n. [See Turbulent.] A disturbed state; tumult; confusion; as the turbulence of the times; turbulence in political affairs.1. Disorder or tumult of the passions; as ...