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# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tieh
### tieh

* 着tieh801236
* To stick to; to place; to put on; to cause; to order; a way; a manner; a move in chess.

#### tieh ì;

    give attention to.

#### màiⁿ khak tieh ì;

    do not brood over it too persistently.

#### i kâi nâng tieh sît căi;

    he is entirely right.

#### tieh i méⁿ cē;

    do it rather faster.

#### i khṳt i tieh tîeh cū m̄ hàuⁿ;

    she is displeased at being orderedabout by him.

#### saⁿ câp lâk tîeh, cáu ûi sĭang tieh;

    among all the moves in chess, to move forward your men is the best.

#### cía sṳ̄ hŵn bô̤ tieh lô̤h;

    no remedy has been found for this.

#### kàu taⁿ bô̤ tieh bô̤ lô̤h;

    up to now no way out of the difficulty has been discovered.

#### chūe khṳ̀ ŭ tieh mē?

    Could you find anything of it?

#### thóiⁿ tîeh sît-tieh sît-tieh nē;

    it appears to me to be just the right move.

#### tieh tŏ̤ i siu tèng;

    made him responsible for it.
* 着tîeh801236
* Must; ought; right; exactly; yes; after a verb it gives force to the meaning.

#### tîeh a m̄ tîeh?

    Is that so or not?

#### tîeh mē?

    Is that right?

#### tú tîeh mē?

    Does it abut upon the other?

#### úa tō̤ lō tèng ngŏ̤ tîeh i;

    I came across him on the way.

#### tīaⁿ-tîeh;

    certain, exact, fixed.

#### bô̤ tīaⁿ-tîeh;

    not settled; uncertain.

#### eng-kai tîeh; tng-eng-kai tîeh;

    ought to.

#### m̄ cai ŏi tit tîeh a bŏi;

    do not know whether I can get it or not.

#### chūe tîeh lío;

    have found it.

#### i cí hûe tîeh kip tŏ̤ kò̤;

    she is very impatient now.

#### jîh tîeh nap-nap;

    found by pressing upon it that it was very soft.
# Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/tih
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* 滴tih9018511
* A drop; to fall in drops; to drip.

#### khṳt hŏ tih tîeh;

    wet by rain.

#### khṳt hŏ lāu tih tîeh;

    wet by the rain that leaked in.

#### khàu kàu mâk-cap tih cêk saⁿ;

    cried till the tears dropped all over her tunic.

#### tâp-tâp-tih;

    pattering drops.

#### tih cêk koiⁿ;

    dripped all over the room.

#### tih bô̤ nŏ̤ tíam lô̤h khṳ̀;

    dropped in barely two drops.

#### tih ke cêk tíam;

    drop in another drop.

#### cêk tíam cêk tih t obŏi chò̤;

    there is not the slightest mistake in it.

#### hueh lâu hueh tih;

    the blood oozes out.

#### lîm-cîⁿ-cúi tíam-tíam tih bô̤ cha chî;

    the water from the eaves falling drop by drop does not go into the wrong gutter.

#### tih kàu cêk sin tâm-tâm;

    dripped upon me till I am drenched.

#### li-li tih;

    drops continuously.
* 蒂tih8811409
* The stem, peduncle or foot stalk of a flower or fruit.

#### săi tih;

    the persistent calyx of a persimmon.

#### hue tih;

    the stem of the flower.

#### kaⁿ tih;

    the stem of the orange.
* 詬誶tîh-tûh828
* To scold; to rail at.

#### tîh-tûh-kìe;

    the sound of voices in angry talk.

#### i nŏ̤ nâng tâng-cá tîh-tûh-kìe kâi ŭi mih sṳ̄?

    What was it that those two were abusing each other about a little while ago?

#### tàⁿ ūe m̄ tàⁿ hó̤-hó̤, cò̤-nî tàⁿ kàu tîh-tîh-tûh-tûh;

    in speaking why not speak pleasantly, rather than rave and scold.
* 噂tîh10193012

#### tîh-tîh-tâp-tâp;

    conversing amicably without real friendship; talking agreeably.

#### tàⁿ cêk kùa ​tâp-tâp, tàⁿ bŏi tit ŵn;

    chatted a whole half-day as fast as possible, and could not say half they wished to.
* 碟tîh8911129
* A small plate or saucer.

#### úaⁿ tîh khîeh khṳ̀ sói;

    go and wash the dishes.

#### sī-îu tîh;

    a dish to hold soy.

#### chò tîh;

    a vinegar dish.

#### sek-līo tîh;

    plates used by painters for mixing colors.
# Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Drown

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Drown : (Ex. 15:4; Amos 8:8; Heb. 11:29). Drowning was a mode of capital punishment in use among the Syrians, and was known to the Jews in the time of our Lord. To this he alludes in Matt. 18:6.
# Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Drusilla

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Drusilla : Third and youngest daughter of Herod Agrippa I. (Acts 12:1-4, 20-23). Felix, the Roman procurator of Judea, induced her to leave her husband, Azizus, the king of Emesa, and become his wife. She was present with Felix when Paul reasoned of "righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come" (Acts 24:24). She and her son perished in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, A.D. 79.
# Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Drink

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Drink : The drinks of the Hebrews were water, wine, "strong drink," and vinegar. Their drinking vessels were the cup, goblet or "basin," the "cruse" or pitcher, and the saucer.
To drink water by measure (Ezek. 4:11), and to buy water to drink (Lam. 5:4), denote great scarcity. To drink blood means to be satiated with slaughter.
The Jews carefully strained their drinks through a sieve, through fear of violating the law of Lev. 11:20, 23, 41, 42. (See Matt. 23:24. "Strain at" should be "strain out.")
# Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Drink-offering

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Drink-offering : Consisted of wine (Num. 15:5; Hos. 9:4) poured around the altar (Ex. 30:9). Joined with meat-offerings (Num. 6:15, 17; 2 Kings 16:13; Joel 1:9, 13; 2:14), presented daily (Ex. 29:40), on the Sabbath (Num. 28:9), and on feast-days (28:14). One-fourth of an hin of wine was required for one lamb, one-third for a ram, and one-half for a bullock (Num. 15:5; 28:7, 14). "Drink offerings of blood" (Ps. 16:4) is used in allusion to the heathen practice of mingling the blood of animals sacrificed with wine or water, and pouring out the mixture in the worship of the gods, and the idea conveyed is that the psalmist would not partake of the abominations of the heathen.
# Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Drunk

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Drunk : The first case of intoxication on record is that of Noah (Gen. 9:21). The sin of drunkenness is frequently and strongly condemned (Rom. 13:13; 1 Cor. 6:9, 10; Eph. 5:18; 1 Thess. 5:7, 8). The sin of drinking to excess seems to have been not uncommon among the Israelites.
The word is used figuratively, when men are spoken of as being drunk with sorrow, and with the wine of God's wrath (Isa. 63:6; Jer. 51:57; Ezek. 23:33). To "add drunkenness to thirst" (Deut. 29:19, A.V.) is a proverbial expression, rendered in the Revised Version "to destroy the moist with the dry", i.e., the well-watered equally with the dry land, meaning that the effect of such walking in the imagination of their own hearts would be to destroy one and all.
# Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Drink, strong

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Drink, strong : (Heb.@shekar'), an intoxicating liquor (Judg. 13:4; Luke 1:15; Isa. 5:11; Micah 2:11) distilled from corn, honey, or dates. The effects of the use of strong drink are referred to in Ps. 107:27; Isa. 24:20; 49:26; 51:17-22. Its use prohibited, Prov. 20:1. (See WINE.)
# Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Dromedary

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Dromedary : (Isa. 60:6), an African or Arabian species of camel having only one hump, while the Bactrian camel has two. It is distinguished from the camel only as a trained saddle-horse is distinguished from a cart-horse. It is remarkable for its speed (Jer. 2:23). Camels are frequently spoken of in partriarchal times (Gen. 12:16; 24:10; 30:43; 31:17, etc.). They were used for carrying burdens (Gen. 37:25; Judg. 6:5), and for riding (Gen. 24:64). The hair of the camel falls off of itself in spring, and is woven into coarse cloths and garments (Matt. 3:4). (See [166]CAMEL.)
# Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Drought

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Drought : From the middle of May to about the middle of August the land of Palestine is dry. It is then the "drought of summer" (Gen. 31:40; Ps. 32:4), and the land suffers (Deut. 28:23: Ps. 102:4), vegetation being preserved only by the dews (Hag. 1:11). (See DEW.)
# Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Dropsy

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Dropsy : Mentioned only in Luke 14:2. The man afflicted with it was cured by Christ on the Sabbath.
# Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Dross

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Dross : The impurities of silver separated from the one in the process of melting (Prov. 25:4; 26:23; Ps. 119:119). It is also used to denote the base metal itself, probably before it is smelted, in Isa. 1:22, 25.
# Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement/Custance, Henry

​CUSTANCE, HENRY (1842–1908), jockey, born at Peterborough on 27 Feb. 1842, was son of Samuel Custance, a post-boy, by his wife Elizabeth Carpenter. Devoted to horses and to riding from childhood, he rode at thirteen in a pony race at Ramsey, in Huntingdonshire, and afterwards won a contest for a saddle when he weighed four stone. Vainly seeking employment at Newmarket, he spent three years at Epsom, where he had 'a jolly, though ​rough, time 'in the employment of Mr. Edward Smith of South Hatch, who was associated with 'Bell's Life,' and raced his horses in the name of Mellish.
Custance's first important victory was gained on Rocket in 1858 in the Cesare witch which he won again in 1861 on Audrey The following year he attached himself to the Russley stable, then under the management of Matthew Dawson, and that season rode over forty winners. In 1860 he rode Thormanby to victory in the Derby. This was the first of three successes he scored in that race, the others being on Lord Lyon in 1866 and on George Frederick in 1874. In the Derby of 1861 he rode Dundee, who, breaking down during the race, was second to Kettledrum. He had a mount in the Derby for twenty consecutive years. Custance won the One Thousand Guineas on Achievement in 1867, and his solitary success in the St. Leger was gained on Lord Lyon in 1866. His last winning mount was on Lollypop in the All-Aged Stakes at the Newmarket Houghton meeting in 1879. As a jockey he was bold and resolute, had good hands, and was a fine judge of pace.
After his retirement from the saddle he long remained a familiar figure on the race-course. He held for many years a licence as deputy starter to the Jockey Club, and was also official starter to the Belgian Jockey Club. Living at Oakham, he regularly hunted with the Quorn and Cottesmore packs. He has always a cheerful and amusing companion, and published 'Riding Recollections and Turf Stories' in 1894, with a dedication to the duke of Hamilton, a good patron during his riding career. He died of a paralytic seizure at 53 New Walk, Leicester, on 19 April 1908. His will was proved for 8081l.
[Sporting Life and The Times, 20 April 1908; Ruff's Guide to the Turf; Custance's Riding Recollections, 1894.]
E. M.
# Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement/Cutts, Edward Lewes

​CUTTS, EDWARD LEWES (1824–1901), antiquary, born on 2 March 1824, at Sheffield, was son of John Priston Cutts, optician, by Mary, daughter of Robert Waterhouse. He was educated at Sheffield Collegiate School and graduated B.A. at Queens' College, Cambridge, in 1848. Being ordained in the same year, he was curate successively of Ide Hill, Kent, until 1850, of Coggeshall, Essex, until 1857, and of Kelvedon until 1859, and was perpetual curate of Billericay until 1865. He had already acted also as local organising secretary of the Additional Curates Society, and on leaving Billericay became general secretary of the society in London, resigning in 1871, on presentation to the vicarage of Holy Trinity, Haverstock Hill.
In 1876 Cutts was selected by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to visit the East and inquire into the position of the Syrian and Chaldean churches; his report resulted in the formation of the Archbishop's Mission to the Assyrian Christians. He described his travels in ‘Christians under the Crescent in Asia’ (1887). Although accepting the ecclesiastical views of the high church party, he was sympathetic with every school of thought within the church. He received the degree of D.D. from the University of the South, U.S.A.
Cutts long devoted himself to archæology and the study of ecclesiastical history. In 1849 he published ‘A Manual for the Study of the Sepulchral Slabs and Crosses of the Middle Ages.’ This was followed in 1853 by ‘Colchester Castle not a Roman Temple,’ and in 1872 by ‘Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages,’ a series of articles contributed originally to the ‘Art Journal’; in 1888 by ‘Colchester,’ in Freeman and Hunt's series of ‘Historic Towns’; in 1893 by ‘History of Early Christian Art’; and in 1898 by ‘Parish Priests and their People in the Middle Ages in England.’ Among his works on Church history are ‘Turning Points of English Church History’ (1874); ‘Turning Points of General Church History’ (1877); ‘A Dictionary of the Church of England’ (1887); ‘A Handy Book of the Church of England’ (1892); and ‘Augustine of Canterbury’ (1895) in Methuen's ‘English Leaders of Religion.’ The most notable of his religious works are ‘A Devotional History of Our Lord’ (1882) and ‘Some Chief Truths of Religion’ (1875), which was translated into Swahili and printed at the Universities Mission Press at Zanzibar in 1895. From 1852 to 1866 he was honorary secretary of the Essex Archæological Society and editor of its ‘Transactions.’
Cutts died at Holy Trinity Vicarage, Haverstock Hill, on 2 Sept. 1901, and was buried at Brookwood cemetery, Woking. He married on 23 April 1846 Marian, daughter of Robert Knight of Nottingham, and by her had ten children, seven of whom survived him. Mrs. Cutts died on 14 Dec. 1889.
[The Times, 4 and 6 Sept. 1901; Guardian, 11 Sept. 1901; Athenæum, 7 Sept. 1901; information from his son, John E. K. Cutts F.R.I.B.A.]
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# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Beef-tea

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​BEEF-TEA, a preparation commonly made for persons whose energy of the stomach is reduced, either after recovery from diseases, or in consequence of complaints arising from indigestion. It has been a common practice, to treat valetudinarians, or patients, with viper-broths, bistead of beef-tea: the former, however, does not appear to possess any superior efficacy, though it certainly is more nauseous than the latter.
Beef-tea is usually made, by cutting one pound of the lean part of a buttock of beef into very thin slices, or shreds, and boiling it with nearly a quart of water: when it grows hot, the rising scum must be taken off, while it continues boiling for about twenty minutes. After it grows cold, this liquor is strained and decanted; in which state it resembles a light infusion of fine green tea: has a very grateful flavour, and is more stregthening than other broths. This recipe is similar to that given by the late Dr. Barry, in his classical "Treatise on the three different Digestions and Discharges of the Human Body," &c. 8vo. 6s. 1759. But, on considering the effect of heat on the volatile and spirituous parts of the animal fibre, when immersed in a fluid medium, we venture to suggest a more economical method of preparing beef-tea. Instead of boiling the meat, we would advise to reduce it to a pulp (provided it be perfectly clean and fresh) with a wooden pestle, in an iron or marble mortar, and then to express all its juice. After straining this liquor, a little spice may be added, and an equal, or larger proportion of boiling water. Thus, the whole essence of the meat will be preserved, part of which would be volatilized by cooking. Nor does it admit of a doubt, that such a liquor possesses greater bracing powers, than if prepared after the usual manner; and that half a pound of beef in this way, is nearly equal to one pound used according to the former method.
It is, however, a common error, that beef-tea, or any other broth, is more easily digested than solid food: on the contrary, all liquid nutriment of this nature, unless mixed with bread, nee, barley, or ​other vegetable aliment, requires much stronger efforts of the stomach to effect digestion. Hence we are induced to deprecate the custom of inundating, as it were, patients, after their recovery from chronic diseases, with soups, broths, and spoon-meat of every description.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Bene-seed

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​BENE-SEED, the production of an American plant, the botanical name of which we have not been able to ascertain. According to a letter of Mr. J. Morel, inserted in the first volume of the "Transactions of the American Philosophical Society;" this seed yields an oil of an equal, and even preferable quality, to Florence oil: one hundred weight of seed will produce ninety pounds of oil; its cultivation, therefore, deserves to be strongly recommended.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Benefit of Clergy

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​Benefit of Clergy.—See Clergy.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Bent-grass

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​BENT GRASS, or Agrostis, a genus of grasses comprehending forty-one species, of which, according to Dr. Smith, only eight are indigenous; though Dr. Hull enumerates fourteen: of these, however, we shall take notice of only two:
1. The Spicaventi, or Silky Bent-grass: it grows to the height of three or four feet, on dry sandy fields. See With. 120.—When young, it affords a tolerable fodder for cattle; but should not be given to them in its mature state, as its sharp leaves are apt to injure their gums. With a decoction of the brown flowers and stalks of this species, linen may be dyed of a pleasing yellow colour, merely by repeated dippings, without any farther addition, except a little alum, which gives it a greenish shade. The stalks are used by the Russians and Tartars, for manufacturing beautiful basket-work.
2. The stolonifera, Creeping Bent-grass, or Blue Squitch-grass, grows in moist fields and meadows; see With. 131.
It deserves to be cultivated, as it produces a wholesome and nourishing fodder for cattle; and, at the same time, suppresses the growth of mosses, and other weeds, by its quick and luxuriant vegetation.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Beestings

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​BEESTINGS, or Breastings, in domestic economy, a term used for the first milk drawn from a cow after calving.
This liquor is of a thick consistence, and yellowish colour; whence some persons have imagined, that it is impregnated with sulphur. As Nature has peculiarly designed the beestings for the purpose of cleansing the young animal from those viscid impurities which, in the human subject, are denominated the meconium; it appears rational, that the calf should partake of this benefit. Nor is this strong and viscid liquor calculated to afford a wholesome food; though farmers, in general, give it to the indigent cottager. And, as it is frequently eaten by children, who are scarcely able to digest it, we are of opinion, that it might be better employed in feeding young calves, or by converting it into cheese.
# Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Belts, acroamatic

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​Belts, acroamatic. See Quackery.