Tryst"er (?), n. One who makes an appointment, or tryst; one who meets
with another.
Tryst"ing, n. An appointment; a tryst.
Trysting day, an arranged day of meeting or assembling, as of soldiers,
friends, and the like.
And named a trysting day, And bade his messengers ride forth East and
west and south and north, To summon his array.
Macaulay.
— Trysting place, a place designated for the assembling of soldiers,
the meeting of parties for an interview, or the like; a rendezvous.
Byron.
Tsar (?), n. The title of the emperor of Russia. See Czar.
{ Tsa*ri"na (?), Tsa*rit"sa (?), } n. [Russ. tsaritsa. Cf. Czarina.]
The title of the empress of Russia. See Czarina.
||Tschak*meck" (?), n. (Zoöl.) The chameck.
||
||Tsche"go (?), n. [From a native name.] (Zoöl.) A West African
||anthropoid ape allied to the gorilla and chimpanzee, and by some
||considered only a variety of the chimpanzee. It is noted for building
||large, umbrella-shaped nests in trees. Called also tscheigo,
||tschiego, nschego, nscheigo.
||
Tse"be (?), n. (Zoöl.) The springbok.
Tset"se, n. (Zoöl.) A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina
morsitans) whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and
cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it
abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year. [Written also
tzetze, and tsetze.]
T" square` (?). See under T.
Tu`a*te"ra (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Hatteria.
Tub (?), n. [OE. tubbe; of Dutch or Low German origin; cf. LG. tubbe,
D. tobbe.] 1. An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and
hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but
one head, — used for various purposes.
2. The amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity; as, a tub
of butter; a tub of camphor, which is about 1 cwt., etc.
3. Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a
short, broad boat, etc., — often used jocosely or opprobriously.
All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in tubs, in the
grand work of preaching and holding forth.
South.