With empty hands men may no hawkes tull.
Chaucer.
Tulle (?), n. [F.; — so called from the town of Tulle, in France.] A
kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc.
Tul"li*an (?), a. [L. Tullianus, from Tullius, the name of a Roman
gens.] Belonging to, or in the style of, Tully (Marcus Tullius Cicero).
Tul"li*bee (?), n. (Zoöl.) A whitefish (Coregonus tullibee) found in
the Great Lakes of North America; — called also mongrel whitefish.
Tum"ble (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tumbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tumbling
(?).] [OE. tumblen, AS. tumbian to turn heels over head, to dance
violently; akin to D. tuimelen to fall, Sw. tumla, Dan. tumle, Icel.
tumba; and cf. G. taumeln to reel, to stagger.] 1. To roll over, or to
and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and
tosses.
2. To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated;
as, to tumble from a scaffold.
He who tumbles from a tower surely has a greater blow than he who
slides from a molehill.
South.
3. To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to
perform the feats of an acrobat. Rowe.
To tumble home (Naut.), to incline inward, as the sides of a vessel,
above the bends or extreme breadth; — used esp. in the phrase tumbling
home. Cf. Wall-sided.
Tum"ble, v. t. 1. To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for
examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or
unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; —
sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers.