TEIAN, TEAN, t[=e]'an, _adj._ pertaining to _Teos_ in ancient Ionia, or to
the poet Anacreon, a native.
TE IGITUR, t[=e] ij'i-tur, _n._ the first paragraph of the eucharistic
canon in the Roman liturgy.
TEIL, t[=e]l, _n._ the linden or lime tree: the terebinth. [O. Fr.
_teil_--L. _tilia_.]
TEINDS, t[=e]ndz, _n.pl._ the name given in Scotland to tithes, or,
strictly, to that part of the estates of the laity which is liable to be
assessed for the stipend of the clergy of the established church.
TEINOSCOPE, t[=i]'n[=o]-sk[=o]p, _n._ an optical instrument consisting of
two prisms so combined as to correct the chromatic aberration.
TEKNONYMY, tek-non'i-mi, _n._ the naming of the parent from the
child.--_adj._ TEKNON'YMOUS. [Gr. _teknon_, a child, _onoma_, a name.]
TELA, t[=e]'la, _n._ a tissue:--_pl._ TELÆ (t[=e]'l[=e]).--_adjs._
T[=E]'LAR, pertaining to a tela, web, or tissue; TEL[=A]'RIAN, spinning a
web.--_n._ a spinning spider.--_adj._ TEL'ARY, pertaining to a tela, woven,
spun. [L.]
TELAMON, tel'a-mon, _n._ (_archit._) a man's figure bearing an entablature.
[Gr. _telam[=o]n_, bearer.]
TELANGIECTASIA, te-lan-ji-ek-t[=a]'si-a, _n._ a dilation of the small
arteries or capillaries--also TELANGIEC'TASIS.--_adj._ TELANGIECTAT'IC.
[Gr. _telos_, the end, _angeion_, a vessel, _ektasis_, extension.]
TELAUTOGRAPH, te-law't[=o]-graf, _n._ a writing or copying telegraph,
invented by Elisha Gray, for reproducing writings at a distance. [Gr.
_t[=e]le_, far, _autos_, self, _graphein_, to write.]
TELD, teld, (_Spens._) told.
TELEDU, tel'e-d[=oo], _n._ the stinking badger of Java.
TELEGA, t[=e]-l[=a]'ga, _n._ a Russian cart without springs.
TELEGRAM, tel'e-gram, _n._ a message sent by telegraph.--_adj._
TELEGRAM'MIC, pertaining to a telegram, brief, succinct. [Gr. _t[=e]le_, at
a distance, _gramma_, that which is written--_graphein_, to write.]
TELEGRAPH, tel'e-graf, _n._ an apparatus for transmitting intelligible
messages to a distance, esp. by means of electricity.--_v.t._ to convey or
announce by telegraph.--_ns._ TEL'EGRAPH-C[=A]'BLE, a cable containing
wires for transmitting telegraphic messages; TEL'EGRAPHER (or t[=e]-leg'-),
TEL'EGRAPHIST (or t[=e]-leg'-), one who works a telegraph.--_adjs._
TELEGRAPH'IC, -AL, pertaining to, or communicated by, a telegraph.--_adv._
TELEGRAPH'ICALLY, in a telegraphic manner: by means of the
telegraph.--_ns._ TEL'EGRAPH-PLANT, an Indian leguminous plant, the small
lateral leaflets of whose trifoliate leaves have a strange, spontaneous
motion, jerking up and down (sometimes 180 times in a minute), as if
signalling, and also rotate on their axes; TEL'EGRAPHY (or t[=e]-leg'-),
the science or art of constructing or using telegraphs. [Gr. _t[=e]le_ at a
distance, _graphein_ to write.]
TELEKINESIS, tel-[=e]-ki-n[=e]'sis, _n._ the production of motion without
contact, through supra-physical causes, beyond the range of the
senses.--_adj._ TELEKINET'IC. [Gr. _t[=e]le_, far, _kin[=e]sis_, movement.]
TELEMETER, t[=e]-lem'e-t[.e]r, _n._ an instrument for fixing distances in
surveying, &c.--_adj._ TELEMET'RIC.--_n._ TELEM'ETRY. [Gr. _t[=e]le_, far,
_metron_, measure.]
TELEOLOGY, tel-e-ol'[=o]-ji, _n._ the doctrine of the final causes of
things.--_adjs._ TELEOLOG'IC, -AL.--_adv._ TELEOLOG'ICALLY.--_ns._
TELEOL'OGISM; TELEOL'OGIST. [Gr. _telos_, issue, _logos_, a discourse.]
TELEOSAURUS, t[=e]-l[=e]-[=o]-sawr'us, _n._ a genus of fossil saurians
belonging to the Oolitic period.--_adj._ and _n._ TELEOSAU'RIAN. [Gr.
_teleios_, perfect, _sauros_, a lizard.]
TELEOST, tel'[=e]-ost, _adj._ osseous.--_n._ an osseous fish--also
TELEOS'TEAN. [Gr. _teleios_, complete, _osteon_, bone.]
TELEPATHY, tel'[=e]-path-i, or t[=e]-lep'a-thi, _n._ the supposed fact that
communication is possible between mind and mind otherwise than through the
known channels of the senses, as at a distance without external
means.--_adj._ TELEPATH'IC.--_adv._ TELEPATH'ICALLY.--_v.t._ TEL'EPATHISE,
to affect or act upon through telepathy.--_v.i._ to practise
telepathy.--_n._ TEL'EPATHIST (or te-lep'-), one who believes in telepathy.
[Gr. _t[=e]le_, far, _pathos_, feeling.]
TELEPHEME, tel'[=e]-f[=e]m, _n._ a telephonic message. [Gr. _t[=e]le_, far,
_ph[=e]m[=e]_, a saying.]
TELEPHONE, tel'e-f[=o]n, _n._ an instrument for reproducing sound at a
distance over a conducting wire or cord, esp. by means of
electricity.--_v.t._ and _v.i._ to communicate by telephone.--_n._
TEL'EPH[=O]NER, one who uses a telephone.--_adj._ TELEPHON'IC.--_adv._
TELEPHON'ICALLY.--_ns._ TEL'EPH[=O]NIST, one who uses the telephone, one
skilled in its use; TELEPH[=O]'NOGRAPH, an apparatus for recording a
telephone message.--_adj._ TELEPHONOGRAPH'IC.--_n._ TEL'EPHONY, the art of
telephoning. [Gr. _t[=e]le_, far, _ph[=o]n[=e]_, a sound.]
TELEPHOTE, tel'[=e]-f[=o]t, _n._ an instrument for reproducing images of
objects at a distance by means of electricity.--_ns._ TELEPH[=O]'TOGRAPH, a
picture so produced; TELEPHOTOG'RAPHY, the art of producing such--still a
dream of the future. [Gr. _t[=e]le_, far, _ph[=o]s_, _ph[=o]tos_, light.]
TELEPLASTIC, tel-[=e]-plas'tik, _adj._ pertaining to the materialisation of
spiritualistic phenomena.--Also TELESOMAT'IC. [Gr. _t[=e]le_, far,
_plassein_, to form.]
TELERPETON, t[=e]-l[.e]r'pe-ton, _n._ a remarkable genus of fossil reptiles
of the Mesozoic period. [Gr. _t[=e]le_, far, _herpeton_, a reptile.]
TELESCOPE, tel'e-sk[=o]p, _n._ an optical instrument for viewing objects at
a distance.--_v.t._ to drive together so that one thing, as a
railway-carriage in a collision, slides into another like the movable
joints of a spyglass.--_v.i._ to be forced into each other in such a
way.--_adjs._ TELESCOP'IC, -AL, pertaining to, performed by, or like a
telescope: seen only by a telescope.--_adv._ TELESCOP'ICALLY.--_adj._
TEL'ESCOPIFORM.--_ns._ TEL'ESCOPIST, one who uses the telescope; TEL'ESCOPY
(or t[=e]-les'-), the art of constructing or of using the telescope.
[Fr.,--Gr. _t[=e]le_, at a distance, _skopein_, to see.]
TELESEME, tel'[=e]-s[=e]m, _n._ a system of electric signalling for the
automatic transmission of different signals, in use in large hotels, for
police alarms, &c. [Gr. _t[=e]le_, far, _s[=e]ma_, a sign.]
TELESIA, t[=e]-l[=e]'si-a, _n._ the sapphire. [Gr. _telesios_,
finishing--_telos_, the end.]
TELESPECTROSCOPE, tel-[=e]-spek'tr[=o]-sk[=o]p, _n._ a combined
astronomical telescope and spectroscope.
TELESTEREOSCOPE, tel-[=e]-ster'[=e]-[=o]-sk[=o]p, _n._ an optical
instrument presenting distant objects in relief.
TELESTIC, t[=e]-les'tik, _adj._ pertaining to the final end. [Gr. _telos_,
an end.]
TELESTICH, tel'[=e]-stik, _n._ a poem in which the final letters of the
lines make a name.
TELETHERMOGRAPH, tel-[=e]-ther'm[=o]-graf, _n._ a self-registering
telethermometer.
TELETHERMOMETER, tel-[=e]-ther-mom'e-t[.e]r, _n._ thermometer that records
its temperature at a distance.
TELEUTOSPORE, t[=e]-l[=u]'t[=o]-sp[=o]r, _n._ a thick-walled winter spore
of the rust-fungi (_Uredineæ_), producing on germination a promycelium.
[Gr. _teleut[=e]_ completion, spora, _seed_.]
TELIC, tel'ik; _adj._ denoting a final end or purpose.
TELL, tel, _v.t._ to number or give an account of: to utter: to narrate: to
disclose: to inform: to discern: to explain.--_v.i._ to give an account: to
produce or take effect: to chat, gossip: to tell tales, play the
informer:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ t[=o]ld.--_adj._ TELL'ABLE, capable of being
told.--_ns._ TELL'ER, one who tells or counts: a clerk whose duty it is to
receive and pay money; TELL'ERSHIP, the office of a teller.--_p.adj._
TELL'ING, having great effect.--_adv._ TELL'INGLY, in a telling or
effective manner.--_n._ TELL'-TALE, one who tells tales: one who
officiously tells the private concerns of others: an indication or an
indicator, as an automatic instrument: a bird of genus _Totanus_, a
tattler.--_adj._ given to reveal secrets, blabbing: apparent, openly seen:
giving warning.--TELL OFF, to count off: to detach on some special duty.
[A.S. _tellan_; Ice. _telja_, Ger. _zählen_, to number.]
TELLURAL, tel'[=u]-ral, _adj._ pertaining to the earth.
TELLURIUM, te-l[=u]'ri-um, _n._ an element by some classed as a metal,
placed by others among the metalloids, brittle and crystalline, of high
metallic lustre, bluish-white in colour, with close analogies to sulphur
and selenium.--_n._ TEL'LURATE, a salt of telluric acid.--_adjs._
TEL'L[=U]RETTED, combined with tellurium; TELL[=U]'RIAN, pertaining to the
earth.--_n._ an inhabitant of the earth.--_adj._ TELL[=U]'RIC, pertaining
to, or proceeding from, the earth: of or from tellurium.--_n._ TEL'LURIDE,
a compound of tellurium with an electro-positive element.--_adjs._
TELL[=U]RIF'EROUS, containing tellurium; TEL'L[=U]ROUS, pertaining to
tellurium. [L. _tellus_, _telluris_, the earth.]
TELOTYPE, tel'[=o]-t[=i]p, _n._ a printing electric telegraph: an
automatically printed telegram.
TELPHER, tel'f[.e]r, _adj._ pertaining to a system of telpherage.--_n._
TEL'PHERAGE, a term coined by Prof. Fleeming Jenkin for a system of
electric traction developed on an absolute automatic block system, the
presence of a train on one section cutting off the supply of electric
energy to the section behind, any mode of transport effected automatically
with the aid of electricity. [Framed from _tel_(egraph)--Gr. _t[=e]le_,
far, _pherein_, to carry.]
TELSON, tel'son, _n._ the last somite of the pleon or abdomen of certain
crustaceans and arachnidans. [Gr. _telson_, a boundary.]
TELUGU, tel'[=oo]-g[=oo], _n._ the language spoken in the north-western
portion of the Dravidian area inhabited by the _Telingas_.--Also TEL'OOGOO.
TEMED, t[=e]md, _adj._ (_Spens._) yoked in a team.
TEMENOS, tem'e-nos, _n._ a piece of land marked off from common uses and
dedicated to a god, a precinct. [Gr.,--_temnein_, to cut off.]
TEMERITY, te-m[.e]r'i-ti, _n._ rashness: unreasonable contempt for
danger.--_adj._ TEMER[=A]'RIOUS (_obs._), rash, reckless.--_adv._
TEMER[=A]'RIOUSLY.--_adj._ TEM'EROUS, rash.--_adv._ TEM'EROUSLY. [Fr.
_témérité_--L. _temeritas_--_temere_, by chance, rashly.]
TEMEWISE, t[=e]m'w[=i]z, _adv._ (_Spens._) like a team.
TEMPEAN, tem-p[=e]'an, _adj._ pertaining to, or resembling, _Tempe_, a
valley in Thessaly, praised by the classic poets for its matchless beauty:
beautiful: delightful.
TEMPER, tem'p[.e]r, _v.t._ to mix in due proportion: to modify by blending
or mixture: to moderate: to soften: to bring to a proper degree of hardness
and elasticity, as steel: to amend or adjust, as a false or imperfect
concord.--_n._ due mixture or balance or different or contrary qualities:
state of a metal as to hardness, &c.: constitution of the body:
constitutional frame or state of mind, esp. with regard to feelings,
disposition, temperament, mood: passion, irritation: calmness or
moderation: in sugar-works lime or other substance used to neutralise the
acidity of cane-juice.--_adjs._ TEM'PERABLE, capable of being tempered;
TEM'PERED, having a certain specified disposition or temper: brought to a
certain temper, as steel: (_mus._) tuned or adjusted to some mean, or to
equal, temperament.--_adv._ TEM'PEREDLY.--_ns._ TEM'PERER; TEM'PERING, the
process of giving the required degree of hardness or softness to iron or
steel, by heating to redness and cooling in different ways. [L.
_temper[=a]re_, to combine properly, allied to _tempus_, time.]
TEMPERA, tem'pe-rä, _n._ (_paint._) same as DISTEMPER.
TEMPERAMENT, tem'p[.e]r-a-ment, _n._ state with respect to the predominance
of any quality: internal constitution or state: disposition, one of the
peculiarities of physical and mental organisation which to a certain extent
influence our thoughts and actions--_choleric_ or _bilious_, _lymphatic_,
_nervous_, _sanguine_: the adjustment of imperfect concords, so that the
difference between two contiguous sounds is reduced to a minimum and the
two appear identical--a system of compromise in the tuning of keyed
instruments.--_adj._ TEMPERAMEN'TAL.--_adv._ TEMPERAMEN'TALLY. [L.
_temperamentum_--_temper[=a]re_.]
TEMPERANCE, tem'p[.e]r-ans, _n._ moderation, esp. in the indulgence of the
natural appetites and passions--in a narrower sense, moderation in the use
of alcoholic liquors, and even entire abstinence from such.--TEMPERANCE
HOTEL, one which professes to supply no alcoholic liquors; TEMPERANCE
MOVEMENT, a political agitation for the restriction or abolition of the use
of alcoholic liquors; TEMPERANCE SOCIETY, usually an association of
total-abstainers from alcoholic liquors. [L. _temperantia_.]
TEMPERATE, tem'p[.e]r-[=a]t, _adj._ moderate in degree of any quality, esp.
in the appetites and passions, self-restrained: calm: cool, mild, moderate
in temperature: abstemious.--_adv._ TEM'PERATELY.--_n._
TEM'PERATENESS.--_adj._ TEM'PERATIVE.--_n._ TEM'PERATURE, constitution:
proportion: degree of any quality, esp. of heat or cold in weather or
climate: the thermal condition of a body which determines the interchange
of heat between it and other bodies: state of a living body with respect to
sensible heat.--TEMPERATE ZONES, the parts of the earth of more cool and
equable temperature lying between the tropics and the polar circles--the
_North Temperate Zone_ being the space between the tropic of Cancer and the
arctic circle; the _South Temperate Zone_, that between the tropic of
Capricorn and the antarctic circle.
TEMPEST, tem'pest, _n._ wind rushing with great velocity, usually with rain
or snow: a violent storm: any violent commotion.--_adjs._ TEM'PEST-BEAT'EN;
TEM'PEST-TOST (_Shak._), driven about by storms; TEMPES'T[=U]OUS,
resembling, or pertaining to, a tempest: very stormy: turbulent.--_adv._
TEMPES'T[=U]OUSLY.--_n._ TEMPES'T[=U]OUSNESS.--TEMPEST IN A TEA-POT, a
great disturbance over a trivial matter. [O. Fr. _tempeste_--L.
_tempestas_, a season, tempest--_tempus_, time.]
TEMPLAR, tem'plar, _n._ one of a religious and military order founded in
1119 for the protection of the Holy Sepulchre and pilgrims going
thither--extinguished, 1307-14, in one of the darkest tragedies of history:
a student or lawyer living in the Temple, London.--GOOD TEMPLAR, a member
of a teetotal society whose organisation is a travesty of that of the
Freemasons. [Orig. called 'Poor fellow-soldiers of Christ and of the
_Temple_ of Solomon,' from their first headquarters in the palace of King
Baldwin II., which was built on the site of the temple of Solomon, close to
the church of the Holy Sepulchre.]
TEMPLATE, tem'pl[=a]t, _n._ a mould in wood or metal, showing the outline
or profile of mouldings, and from which the workmen execute the
moulding.--Also TEM'PLET. [Low L. _templatus_, vaulted--L. _templum_, a
small timber.]
TEMPLE, tem'pl, _n._ an edifice erected to a deity or for religious
purposes: a place of worship: in London, two inns of court, once occupied
by the Knights Templars. [L. _templum_, prob. for _temulum_, a space marked
out for religious purposes, dim. of _tempus_, a piece cut off.]
TEMPLE, tem'pl, _n._ the flat portion of either side of the head above the
cheekbone.--_adj._ TEM'PORAL, pertaining to the temples. [O. Fr.
_temple_--L. _tempora_, the temples, pl. of _tempus_, time.]