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=Tabernacle=--tăb´er-na-cle, not tăb´er-năk´cle.

=Tapestry=--tăp´es-try, not tā´pĕs-try.

=Tarlatan=--tär´la-tan, not tärl´tun. =Tartan= is a different

material.

=Tarpaulin=--tär-paw´lin, not tär-pō´lin. Written also

=tarpauling= and =tarpawling=.

=Tartaric=--tar-tăr´ic, not tar-tär´ic. Pertaining to or

obtained from tartar, as _tartaric_ acid.

=Tassel=--tăs´sel, not taw´sel. Worcester gives tŏs´sl also.

=Tatterdemalion=--tăt-ter-de-măl´ion, not

tăt-ter-de-māl´ion.

=Telegraphy=--te-lĕg´ra-phy, not tĕl´e-grăph-y.

=Telegraphist=--te-lĕg´ra-phist, not tel´e-grăph-ist. A

telegraphic operator. No such word as _telegrapher_ is given.

=Terpsichorean=--terp-sĭk-o-rē´an, not terp-si-kō´re-an.

Relating to =Terpsichore= (terp-sik´o-re), the muse who

presided over dancing.

=Tete-a-tete=--tāt-ä-tāt´, not teet-ä-teet.

=Theatre= or =theater=--thē´a-ter, not the-ā´ter.

=Threshold=--thrĕsh´ōld, not thrĕz´ōld nor

thrĕz´hold. Worcester gives thrĕsh´hold.

=Thyme=--tīm, not as spelled.

=Tic-douloureux=--tĭk´dōō-lōō-rōō´, not

-dŏl-o-rōō´ nor -dō-lō-rōō´.

=Tiny=--tī´ny, not tee´ny nor tĭn´y.

=Tolu=--to-lū´, not tū´lū.

=Tomato=--to-mā´to or to-mä´to, not to-măt´o.

=Topographic=--tŏp-o-graph´ic, not tō-po-grăph´ic.

=Topographical= and =topographically= have also the short o in

the first syllable.

=Tour=--tōōr, not towr.

=Tournament=--tür´na-ment according to Webster. Worcester gives

tōōr´na-ment also.

=Toward= and =towards=--tō´-ward and tō´wardz, not to-ward´

and to-wardz´.

=Tragacanth=--trăg´a-kănth, not trăj´a-sĭnth nor

trăg´a-sănth. A gum used for mucilage.

=Traverse=--trăv´erse, not tra-verse´. =Traversable=,

=traversing= and =traversed= have also the accent on the first

syllable.

=Tremendous=--tre-mĕn´dŭs, not tre-mĕn´de-ŭs nor

tre-mĕn´jŭs.

=Trilobite=--trī´lo-bīte, not trĭl´o-bīte nor

trŏl´lo-bīte, as it is often called.

=Troche=--trō´kee, not trōsh, trō´she, trōke nor

trŏtch. Plural, =troches= (trō´keez). A lozenge composed

of sugar, mucilage and medicine, as: _bronchial troches_.

=Trochee=--trō´kee, is a foot in poetry.

=Truculent=--trū´ku-lent, not trŭk´u-lent.

=Truths=--truths, not truthz, is the plural of =truth=.

=Tryst=--trĭst, not trīst. An appointment to meet.

=Tryster= (trĭst´er), =trysting= (trĭst´ing).

=Turbine=--tür´bĭn, not tür´-bīne. A kind of water wheel.

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