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Tither

One who collects tithes.

Tithing

The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe.

Tithingman

The chief man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected to preside over the tithing.

Tithonic

Of, pertaining to, or denoting, those rays of light which produce chemical effects; actinic.

Tithonicity

The state or property of being tithonic; actinism.

Tithonographic

Of, relating to, or produced by, the chemical action of rays of light; photographic.

Tithonometer

An instrument or apparatus for measuring or detecting tithonicity; an actinometer.

Tithymal

Any kind of spurge, esp. Euphorbia Cyparissias.

Titi

A tree of the southern United States (Cliftonia monophylla) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes; -- called also black titi, buckwheat tree, and ironwood.

Titillate

To tickle; as, to titillate the nose with a feather.

titillation

The act of tickling, or the state of being tickled; a tickling sensation.

Titillative

Tending or serving to titillate, or tickle; tickling.

Titlark

Any one of numerous small spring birds belonging to Anthus, Corydalla, and allied genera, which resemble the true larks in color and in having a very long hind claw; especially, the European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).

Title

To call by a title; to name; to entitle.

Title-page

The page of a book which contains it title.

Titled

Having or bearing a title.

Titleless

Not having a title or name; without legitimate title.

Titler

A large truncated cone of refined sugar.

Titling

The hedge sparrow; -- called also titlene. Its nest often chosen by the cuckoo as a place for depositing its own eggs.

Titmouse

Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing birds belonging to Parus and allied genera; -- called also tit, and tomtit.

Titrate

To analyse, or determine the strength of, by means of standard solutions. Cf. Standardized solution, under Solution.

Titrated

Standardized; determined or analyzed by titration; as, titrated solutions.

Titration

The act or process of titrating; a substance obtained by titrating.

Tittle

A particle; a minute part; a jot; an iota.

Tittup

The act of tittuping; lively, gay, or restless behavior or gait; a prance or caper.

Tittuppy

Given to tittuping; gay; lively; prancing; also, shaky; unsteady.

Titty

A little teat; a nipple.

Titubation

The act of stumbling, rocking, or rolling; a reeling.

Titularly

In a titular manner; nominally; by title only.

Tivoli

A game resembling bagatelle, played on a special oblong board or table (Tivoli board or Tivoli table), which has a curved upper end, a set of numbered compartments at the lower end, side alleys, and the surface studded with pins and sometimes furnished with numbered depressions or cups.

Tivy

With great speed; -- a huntsman's word or sound.

TLC

Thin Layer Chromatography. An initialism.

Tlingit Tlinkit

The Indians of a seafaring group of tribes of southern Alaska comprising the Koluschan stock. Previous to deterioration from contact with the whites they were the foremost traders of the northwest. They built substantial houses of cedar adorned with totem poles, and were expert stone carvers and copper workers. Slavery, the potlatch, and the use of immense labrets were characteristic. Many now (1913) work in the salmon industry.

Tmesis

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.

To

The preposition to primarily indicates approach and arrival, motion made in the direction of a place or thing and attaining it, access; and also, motion or tendency without arrival; movement toward; -- opposed to from.

To-

An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See these words in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, under All, adv.

To-beat

To beat thoroughly or severely.

To-break

To break completely; to break in pieces.

To-do

Bustle; stir; commotion; ado.

To-name

A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, or used instead of it.

Toad

Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus Bufo and allied genera, especially those of the family Bufonidae. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid.

Toadeater

A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a flatterer; a toady.

Toadfish

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 (Batrachus tau) is very common in shallow water. Called also oyster fish, and sapo. The angler. A swellfish.

Toadflax

An herb (Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; -- called also butter and eggs, flaxweed, and ramsted.

Toadstone

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, stone which contains no ores.

Toadstool

A name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the genus Agaricus. The species are almost numberless. They grow on decaying organic matter.

Toady

To fawn upon with mean sycophancy.

Toadyism

The practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy; servile adulation.

Toast

Bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc.

Toastmaster

A person who presides at a public dinner or banquet, and announces the toasts.

Toat

The handle of a joiner's plane.

Tobacco

An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste.

Tobacconist

A dealer in tobacco; also, a manufacturer of tobacco.

Tobie

A kind of inferior cigar of a long slender shape, tapered at one end.

Tobine

A stout twilled silk used for dresses.

Tobit

A book of the Apocrypha.

Toboggan

To slide down hill over the snow or ice on a toboggan.

Toby

A small jug, pitcher, or mug, generally used for ale, shaped somewhat like a stout man, with a cocked hat forming the brim.

Toccata

An old form of piece for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat in the free and brilliant style of the prelude, fantasia, or capriccio.

Tocher

Dowry brought by a bride to her husband.

Tockay

A spotted lizard native of India.

Toco

A toucan (Ramphastos toco) having a very large beak. See Illust. under Toucan.

Tocology

The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition.

Tocororo

A cuban trogon (Priotelus temnurus) having a serrated bill and a tail concave at the end.

Tocsin

An alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of alarm.

Tod

To weigh; to yield in tods.

Toddler

One who toddles; especially, a young child.

Toddy

A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it by fermentation.

Tody

Any one of several species of small insectivorous West Indian birds of the genus Todus. They are allied to the kingfishers.

Toe

To hold or carry the toes (in a certain way).

Toed

Having (such or so many) toes; -- chiefly used in composition; as, narrow-toed, four-toed.

Toff

A fop; a beau; a swell.

Toft

A knoll or hill.

Toftman

The owner of a toft. See Toft, 3.

Tog

To put toggery, or togs, on; to dress; -- usually with out, implying care, elaborateness, or the like.

Toga

The loose outer garment worn by the ancient Romans, consisting of a single broad piece of woolen cloth of a shape approaching a semicircle. It was of undyed wool, except the border of the toga praetexta.

Togated

Dressed in a toga or gown; wearing a gown; gowned.

Together

In company or association with respect to place or time; as, to live together in one house; to live together in the same age; they walked together to the town.

Toggery

Clothes; garments; dress; as, fishing toggery.

Toggle

To change the value of (a program variable) by activating a toggle switch; as, to toggle the view from character to graphic mode; to toggle the keyboard input from insert to overtype mode.

Toggle switch

an electrical switch operated by pushing a lever through a small angle of deflection. The lever has a spring which returns it to its original position after the pressure applied by the operator is released.

Togs

Clothes; garments; toggery.

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