Tet*rol"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid,
C3H3.CO2H, of the acetylene series, homologous with propiolic acid,
obtained as a white crystalline substance.
Tet*rox"ide (?), n. [Tetra- + oxide.] (Chem.) An oxide having four
atoms of oxygen in the molecule; a quadroxide; as, osmium tetroxide,
OsO&?;.
Tet"ryl (?), n. [Tetra- + -yl.] (Chem.) Butyl; — so called from the
four carbon atoms in the molecule.
Tet"ryl*ene (?), n. [Tetra- + ethylene.] (Chem.) Butylene; — so called
from the four carbon atoms in the molecule.
Tet"ter (?), n. [OE. teter, AS. teter, tetr; akin to G. zitter,
zittermal, OHG. zittaroch, Skr. dadru, dadruka, a sort of skin disease.
√63, 240.] (Med.) A vesicular disease of the skin; herpes. See Herpes.
Honeycomb tetter (Med.), favus. — Moist tetter (Med.), eczema. — Scaly
tetter (Med.), psoriasis. — Tetter berry (Bot.), the white bryony.
Tet"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tettered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tettering.]
To affect with tetter. Shak.
Tet"ter*ous (?), a. Having the character of, or pertaining to, tetter.
Tet"ter-tot`ter (?), n. [See Teeter.] A certain game of children;
seesaw; — called also titter- totter, and titter-cum-totter.
Tet"ter*wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A plant used as a remedy for tetter, — in
England the calendine, in America the bloodroot.
Tet`ti*go"ni*an (?), n. [Gr. &?;, dim. of &?; a kind of grasshopper.]
(Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of Hemiptera belonging to
Tettigonia and allied genera; a leaf hopper.
Tet"tish (?), a. [Cf. Testy.] Captious; testy. [Written also teatish.]
[Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
||Tet"tix (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a kind of grasshopper.] 1. (Zoöl.)
||The cicada. [Obs. or R.]
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2. (Zoöl.) A genus of small grasshoppers.
Tet"ty (?), a. Testy; irritable. [Obs.] Burton.
Teu"fit (?), n. (Zoöl.) The lapwing; — called also teuchit. [Prov.
Eng.]