AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
tip: the point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.-an end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.-a piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.-a thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.-rubbish thrown from a quarry.-to form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver.-to strike slightly; to tap.-to bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant.-to lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.-to fall on, or incline to, one side.-a light touch or blow; a tap.-a gift; a douceur; a fee.-a hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like.
tip-up: the spotted sandpiper; -- called also teeter-tail. see under sandpiper.
tipcart: a cart so constructed that the body can be easily tipped, in order to dump the load.
tipcat: a game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends, called a cat, is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, so as to fly into the air.
tipper: a kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well; -- so called from the first brewer of it, one thomas tipper.
tippet: a cape, or scarflike garment for covering the neck, or the neck and shoulders, -- usually made of fur, cloth, or other warm material.-a length of twisted hair or gut in a fish line.-a handful of straw bound together at one end, and used for thatching.
tipping: of tip-a distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double-tonguing.
tipple: to drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently in small quantities, but without absolute drunkeness.-to drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess.-to put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.-liquor taken in tippling; drink.
tippled: of tipple-intoxicated; inebriated; tipsy; drunk.
tippler: one who keeps a tippling-house.-one who habitually indulges in the excessive use of spirituous liquors, whether he becomes intoxicated or not.
tippling-house: a house in which liquors are sold in drams or small quantities, to be drunk on the premises.
tipstaff: of tipstaff-a staff tipped with metal.-an officer who bears a staff tipped with metal; a constable.
tipsy: being under the influence of strong drink; rendered weak or foolish by liquor, but not absolutely or completely drunk; fuddled; intoxicated.-staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling.
tiptoe: the end, or tip, of the toe.-being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert.-noiseless; stealthy.-to step or walk on tiptoe.
tiptop: the highest or utmost degree; the best of anything.-very excellent; most excellent; perfect.
tipula: any one of many species of long-legged dipterous insects belonging to tipula and allied genera. they have long and slender bodies. see crane fly, under crane.
tirade: a declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in censorious and bitter language.
tirailleur: formerly, a member of an independent body of marksmen in the french army. they were used sometimes in front of the army to annoy the enemy, sometimes in the rear to check his pursuit. the term is now applied to all troops acting as skirmishers.
tire: a tier, row, or rank. see tier.-attire; apparel.-a covering for the head; a headdress.-a child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.-furniture; apparatus; equipment.-a hoop or band, as of metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear.-to adorn; to attire; to dress.-to seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.-to seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.-to become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires.-to exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust the patience of; to wear out (one's interest, attention, or the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade.
tiresome: fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse.
tironian: of or pertaining to tiro, or a system of shorthand said to have been introduced by him into ancient rome.
tirralirra: a verbal imitation of a musical sound, as of the note of a lark or a horn.
tirrit: a word from the vocabulary of mrs. quickly, the hostess in shakespeare's henry iv., probably meaning terror.
tisri: the seventh month of the jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of september with a part of october.
tissue: a woven fabric.-a fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.-one of the elementary materials or fibres, having a uniform structure and a specialized function, of which ordinary animals and plants are composed; a texture; as, epithelial tissue; connective tissue.-fig.: web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of falsehood.-to form tissue of; to interweave.
tissued: of tissue-clothed in, or adorned with, tissue; also, variegated; as, tissued flowers.
tit: a small horse.-a woman; -- used in contempt.-a morsel; a bit.-any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to the families paridae and leiotrichidae; a titmouse.-the european meadow pipit; a titlark.
titanic: of or relating to titans, or fabled giants of ancient mythology; hence, enormous in size or strength; as, titanic structures.-of or pertaining to titanium; derived from, or containing, titanium; specifically, designating those compounds of titanium in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with the titanous compounds.
titanium: an elementary substance found combined in the minerals manaccanite, rutile, sphene, etc., and isolated as an infusible iron-gray amorphous powder, having a metallic luster. it burns when heated in the air. symbol ti. atomic weight 48.1.
titano-: a combining form (also used adjectively) designating certain double compounds of titanium with some other elements; as, titano-cyanide, titano-fluoride, titano-silicate, etc.
titanotherium: a large american miocene mammal, allied to the rhinoceros, and more nearly to the extinct brontotherium.
titanous: designating certain compounds of titanium in which that element has a lower valence as contrasted with titanic compounds.
tithe: a tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the tenthpart of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in england, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. almost all the tithes of england and wales are commuted by law into rent charges.-hence, a small part or proportion.-tenth.-to levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on.-tp pay tithes.
tithing: of tithe-the act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe.-a number or company of ten householders who, dwelling near each other, were sureties or frankpledges to the king for the good behavior of each other; a decennary.
tithingman: the chief man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected to preside over the tithing.-a peace officer; an under constable.-a parish officer elected annually to preserve good order in the church during divine service, to make complaint of any disorderly conduct, and to enforce the observance of the sabbath.
tithonic: of, pertaining to, or denoting, those rays of light which produce chemical effects; actinic.
tithonographic: of, relating to, or produced by, the chemical action of rays of light; photographic.
tithonometer: an instrument or apparatus for measuring or detecting tithonicity; an actinometer.
tithymal: any kind of spurge, esp. euphorbia cyparissias.
titillate: to tickle; as, to titillate the nose with a feather.
titillation: the act of tickling, or the state of being tickled; a tickling sensation.-any pleasurable sensation.
titlark: any one of numerous small spring birds belonging to anthus, corydalla, and allied genera, which resemble the true larks in color and in having a very long hind claw; especially, the european meadow pipit (anthus pratensis).
title: an inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.-the inscription in the beginning of a book, usually containing the subject of the work, the author's and publisher's names, the date, etc.-the panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.-a section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. (roman & canon laws), a chapter or division of a law book.-an appellation of dignity, distinction, or preeminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc.-a name; an appellation; a designation.-that which constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession; that which is the foundation of ownership of property, real or personal; a right; as, a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title.-the instrument which is evidence of a right.-that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.-a church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.-to call by a title; to name; to entitle.
titling: of title-the hedge sparrow; -- called also titlene. its nest often chosen by the cuckoo as a place for depositing its own eggs.-the meadow pipit.-stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses.
titmouse: any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing birds belonging to parus and allied genera; -- called also tit, and tomtit.
titrate: to analyse, or determine the strength of, by means of standard solutions.  cf. standardized solution, under solution.
titrated: of titrate-standardized; determined or analyzed by titration; as, titrated solutions.
titter: to laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise; to giggle.-a restrained laugh.-to seesaw. see teeter.
tittle-tattle: idle, trifling talk; empty prattle.-an idle, trifling talker; a gossip.-to talk idly; to prate.
titubate: to stumble.-to rock or roll, as a curved body on a plane.
titular: existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, a titular prince.-a titulary.
titulary: a person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not.-consisting in a title; titular.-of or pertaining to a title.
tiver: a kind of ocher which is used in some parts of england in marking sheep.-to mark with tiver.
tmesis: the separation of the parts of a compound word by the intervention of one or more words; as, in what place soever, for whatsoever place.
to: the preposition to primarily indicates approach and arrival, motion made in the direction of a place or thing and attaining it, access; and also, motion or tendency without arrival; movement toward; -- opposed to from.-hence, it indicates motion, course, or tendency toward a time, a state or condition, an aim, or anything capable of being regarded as a limit to a tendency, movement, or action; as, he is going to a trade; he is rising to wealth and honor.-in a very general way, and with innumerable varieties of application, to connects transitive verbs with their remoter or indirect object, and adjectives, nouns, and neuter or passive verbs with a following noun which limits their action. its sphere verges upon that of for, but it contains less the idea of design or appropriation; as, these remarks were addressed to a large audience; let us keep this seat to ourselves; a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to the mind; duty to god and to our parents; a dislike to spirituous liquor.-as sign of the infinitive, to had originally the use of last defined, governing the infinitive as a verbal noun, and connecting it as indirect object with a preceding verb or adjective; thus, ready to go, i.e., ready unto going; good to eat, i.e., good for eating; i do my utmost to lead my life pleasantly. but it has come to be the almost constant prefix to the infinitive, even in situations where it has no prepositional meaning, as where the infinitive is direct object or subject; thus, i love to learn, i.e., i love learning; to die for one's country is noble, i.e., the dying for one's country. where the infinitive denotes the design or purpose, good usage formerly allowed the prefixing of for to the to; as, what went ye out for see? (matt. xi. 8).-in many phrases, and in connection with many other words, to has a pregnant meaning, or is used elliptically.-extent; limit; degree of comprehension; inclusion as far as; as, they met us to the number of three hundred.-effect; end; consequence; as, the prince was flattered to his ruin; he engaged in a war to his cost; violent factions exist to the prejudice of the state.-apposition; connection; antithesis; opposition; as, they engaged hand to hand.-accord; adaptation; as, an occupation to his taste; she has a husband to her mind.-comparison; as, three is to nine as nine is to twenty-seven; it is ten to one that you will offend him.-addition; union; accumulation.-accompaniment; as, she sang to his guitar; they danced to the music of a piano.-character; condition of being; purpose subserved or office filled.
to-: an obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. see these words in the vocabulary. see the note on all to, or all-to, under all, adv.
to-name: a name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, or used instead of it.
toad: any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus bufo and allied genera, especially those of the family bufonidae. toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid.
toadeater: a fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a flatterer; a toady.
toadfish: any marine fish of the genus batrachus, having a large, thick head and a wide mouth, and bearing some resemblance to a toad. the american species (batrachus tau) is very common in shallow water. called also oyster fish, and sapo.-the angler.-a swellfish.
toadflax: an herb (linaria vulgaris) of the figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; -- called also butter and eggs, flaxweed, and ramsted.
toadstone: a local name for the igneous rocks of derbyshire, england; -- said by some to be derived from the german todter stein, meaning dead stone, that is, stone which contains no ores.-bufonite, formerly regarded as a precious stone, and worn as a jewel. see bufonite.
toadstool: a name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the genus agaricus. the species are almost numberless. they grow on decaying organic matter.
toady: a mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant.-a coarse, rustic woman.-to fawn upon with mean sycophancy.
toadyism: the practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy; servile adulation.
toast: to dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread.-to warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet.-to name when a health is proposed to be drunk; to drink to the health, or in honor, of; as, to toast a lady.-bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc.-a lady in honor of whom persons or a company are invited to drink; -- so called because toasts were formerly put into the liquor, as a great delicacy.-hence, any person, especially a person of distinction, in honor of whom a health is drunk; hence, also, anything so commemorated; a sentiment, as "the land we live in,"  "the day we celebrate," etc.
toaster: one who toasts.-a kitchen utensil for toasting bread, cheese, etc.
toastmaster: a person who presides at a public dinner or banquet, and announces the toasts.
tobacco: an american plant (nicotiana tabacum) of the nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. as a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste.-the leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing, etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various ways.
tobacconist: a dealer in tobacco; also, a manufacturer of tobacco.-a smoker of tobacco.
toboggan: a kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined planes; also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by dogs, or by hand, over soft and deep snow.-to slide down hill over the snow or ice on a toboggan.
toccata: an old form of piece for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat in the free and brilliant style of the prelude, fantasia, or capriccio.
toco: a toucan (ramphastos toco) having a very large beak. see illust. under toucan.
tocology: the science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition.
tocororo: a cuban trogon (priotelus temnurus) having a serrated bill and a tail concave at the end.
tod: a bush; a thick shrub; a bushy clump.-an old weight used in weighing wool, being usually twenty-eight pounds.-a fox; -- probably so named from its bushy tail.-to weigh; to yield in tods.
toddle: to walk with short, tottering steps, as a child.-a toddling walk.
toddy: a juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the east indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it by fermentation.-a mixture of spirit and hot water sweetened.
tody: any one of several species of small insectivorous west indian birds of the genus todus. they are allied to the kingfishers.
toe: one of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal.-the fore part of the hoof or foot of an animal.-anything, or any part, corresponding to the toe of the foot; as, the toe of a boot; the toe of a skate.-the journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.-a lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved.-a projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.-to touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to; as, to toe the mark.-to hold or carry the toes (in a certain way).
toed: of toe-having (such or so many) toes; -- chiefly used in composition; as, narrow-toed, four-toed.-having the end secured by nails driven obliquely, said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing.
toft: a knoll or hill.-a grove of trees; also, a plain.-a place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.
toga: the loose outer garment worn by the ancient romans, consisting of a single broad piece of woolen cloth of a shape approaching a semicircle. it was of undyed wool, except the border of the toga praetexta.
together: in company or association with respect to place or time; as, to live together in one house; to live together in the same age; they walked together to the town.-in or into union; into junction; as, to sew, knit, or fasten two things together; to mix things together.-in concert; with mutual cooperation; as, the allies made war upon france together.
toggle: a wooden pin tapering toward both ends with a groove around its middle, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope to be secured to any other loop or bight or ring; a kind of button or frog capable of being readily engaged and disengaged for temporary purposes.-two rods or plates connected by a toggle joint.
toil: a net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.-to exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind, especially of the body, with efforts of some continuance or duration; to labor; to work.-to weary; to overlabor.-to labor; to work; -- often with out.-labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind, esp. the body.
toilet: a covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.-a dressing table.-act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect.
toilful: producing or involving much toil; laborious; toilsome; as, toilful care.
toilinette: a cloth, the weft of which is of woolen yarn, and the warp of cotton and silk, -- used for waistcoats.
toilsome: attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome; as, toilsome work.
toise: an old measure of length in france, containing six french feet, or about 6.3946 french feet.
tokay: a grape of an oval shape and whitish color.-a rich hungarian wine made from tokay grapes.
token: something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of god's covenant established with noah.-a memorial of friendship; something by which the friendship of another person is to be kept in mind; a memento; a souvenir.-something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith, etc.-a piece of metal intended for currency, and issued by a private party, usually bearing the name of the issuer, and redeemable in lawful money. also, a coin issued by government, esp. when its use as lawful money is limited and its intrinsic value is much below its nominal value.-a livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death.-ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.-a piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the lord's supper.-a bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. each hewer sends one of these with each corf or tub he has hewn.-to betoken.
tokened: of token-marked by tokens, or spots; as, the tokened pestilence.
tola: a weight of british india. the standard tola is equal to 180 grains.
tolane: a hydrocarbon, c14h10, related both to the acetylene and the aromatic series, and produced artificially as a white crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl acetylene.
tole: to draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing or desirable; to allure by some bait.
toledo: a sword or sword blade made at toledo in spain, which city was famous in the 16th and 17th centuries for the excellence of its weapons.
tolerable: capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.-moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable translation.
tolerance: the power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.-the endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration.-the power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious or fatal.
tolerant: inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.
tolerate: to suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices.