Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 43

Timekeeper (n.) One who marks the time in musical performances.

Timekeeper (n.) One appointed to mark and declare the time of participants in races or other contests.

Timeless (a.) Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely.

Timeless (a.) Done or occurring before the proper time; premature; immature; as, a timeless grave.

Timeless (a.) Having no end; interminable; unending.

Timelessly (adv.) In a timeless manner; unseasonably.

Timeliness (n.) The quality or state of being timely; seasonableness; opportuneness.

Timeling (n.) A timeserver.

Timely (superl.) Being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable.

Timely (superl.) Keeping time or measure.

Timely (adv.) Early; soon; in good season.

Timenoguy (n.) A rope carried taut between or over obstacles likely to engage or foul the running rigging in working a ship.

Timeous (a.) Timely; seasonable.

Timepiece (n.) A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer.

Timepleaser (n.) One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they may be; a timeserver.

Timer (n.) A timekeeper; especially, a watch by which small intervals of time can be measured; a kind of stop watch. It is used for timing the speed of horses, machinery, etc.

Timesaving (a.) Saving time; as, a timesaving expedient.

Timeserver (n.) One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense.

Timeserving (a.) Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power.

Timeserving (n.) An obsequious compliance with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power, which implies a surrender of one's independence, and sometimes of one's integrity.

Time-table (n.) A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc.

Time-table (n.) A plane surface divided in one direction with lines representing hours and minutes, and in the other with lines representing miles, and having diagonals (usually movable strings) representing the speed and position of various trains.

Time-table (n.) A table showing the notation, length, or duration of the several notes.

Timid (a.) Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.

Timidity (n.) The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.

Timidous (a.) Timid.

Timist (n.) A performer who keeps good time.

Timist (n.) A timeserver.

Timmer (n.) Same as 1st Timber.

Timocracy (n.) A state in which the love of honor is the ruling motive.

Timocracy (n.) A state in which honors are distributed according to a rating of property.

Timocratic (a.) Belonging to, or constituted by, timocracy.

Timoneer (n.) A helmsman.

Timorous (a.) Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage.

Timorous (a.) Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts.

Timorsome (a.) Easily frightened; timorous.

Timothy () Alt. of Timothy grass

Timothy grass () A kind of grass (Phleum pratense) with long cylindrical spikes; -- called also herd's grass, in England, cat's-tail grass, and meadow cat's-tail grass. It is much prized for fodder. See Illustration in Appendix.

Timous (a.) Timely; seasonable.

Timpani (pl. ) of Timpano

Timpano (n.) See Tympano.

Tim-whiskey (n.) A kind of carriage. See Whiskey.

Tin (n.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4.

Tin (n.) Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.

Tin (n.) Money.

Tinned (imp. & p. p.) of Tin

Tinning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tin

Tin (v. t.) To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil.

Tinamides (n. pl.) A division of struthious birds, including the tinamous.

Tinamou (n.) Any one of several species of South American birds belonging to Tinamus and allied genera.

Tincal (n.) Crude native borax, formerly imported from Thibet. It was once the chief source of boric compounds. Cf. Borax.

Tinchel (n.) A circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding an extensive space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within a narrow compass.

Tinct (a.) Tined; tinged.

Tinct (n.) Color; tinge; tincture; tint.

Tinct (v. t.) To color or stain; to imblue; to tint.

Tinctorial (a.) Of or relating to color or colors; imparting a color; as, tinctorial matter.

Tincture (n.) A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red.

Tincture (n.) One of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory.

Tincture (n.) The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent.

Tincture (n.) A solution (commonly colored) of medicinal substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit containing medicinal substances in solution.

Tincture (n.) A slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel.

Tincture (n.) A slight quality added to anything; a tinge; as, a tincture of French manners.

Tinctured (imp. & p. p.) of Tincture

Tincturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tincture

Tincture (v. t.) To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter.

Tincture (v. t.) To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything foreign to; to tinge.

Tind (v. t.) To kindle.

Tindal (n.) A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian sailors; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain.

Tindal (n.) An attendant on an army.

Tinder (n.) Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen.

Tine (n.) Trouble; distress; teen.

Tine (v. t.) To kindle; to set on fire.

Tine (v. i.) To kindle; to rage; to smart.

Tine (v. t.) To shut in, or inclose.

Tine (n.) A tooth, or spike, as of a fork; a prong, as of an antler.

Tinea (n.) A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and Sycosis.

Tinea (n.) A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths.

Tinean (n.) Any species of Tinea, or of the family Tineidae, which includes numerous small moths, many of which are injurious to woolen and fur goods and to cultivated plants. Also used adjectively.

Tined (a.) Furnished with tines; as, a three-tined fork.

Tineid (n.) Same as Tinean.

Tinemen (pl. ) of Tineman

Tineman (n.) An officer of the forest who had the care of vert and venison by night.

Tinet (n.) Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges.

Ting (n.) A sharp sound, as of a bell; a tinkling.

Ting (v. i.) To sound or ring, as a bell; to tinkle.

Ting (n.) The apartment in a Chinese temple where the idol is kept.

Tinged (imp. & p. p.) of Tinge

Tingeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tinge

Tinge (v. t.) To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign; as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in some degree with the qualities of another substance, either by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red; an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron.

Tinge (n.) A degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste, or something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture, or added to it; tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste.

Tingent (a.) Having the power to tinge.

Tinger (n.) One who, or that which, tinges.

Tingid (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Tingis.

Tingis (n.) A genus of small hemipterous insects which injure trees by sucking the sap from the leaves. See Illustration in Appendix.

Tingled (imp. & p. p.) of Tingle

Tingling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tingle

Tingle (v. i.) To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound.

Tingle (v. i.) To feel a sharp, thrilling pain.

Tingle (v. i.) To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation.

Tink (v. i.) To make a sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle.

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