Teathe Teathe noun & v. See Tath . [ Prov. Eng.]
Teatish Teat"ish adjective Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish . [ Obsolete]
Beau. & Fl.
Teaze-hole Teaze"-hole` noun [ Corrupted from French
tisard fire door.]
(Glass Works) The opening in the furnaces through which fuel is introduced.
Teazel Tea"zel noun & transitive verb See Teasel .
Teazer Tea"zer noun [ Corrupted from French
tiser to feed a fire.]
The stoker or fireman of a furnace, as in glass works. Tomlinson.
Teazle Tea"zle noun & transitive verb See Teasel .
Tebeth Te"beth noun [ Hebrew ]
The tenth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of December with a part of January. Esther ii. 16.
Techily Tech"i·ly adverb In a techy manner.
Techiness Tech"i·ness noun The quality or state of being techy.
Technic Tech"nic adjective Technical.
Technic Tech"nic noun [ See
Technical ,
adjective ]
1. The method of performance in any art; technical skill; artistic execution; technique. They illustrate the method of nature, not the technic of a manlike Artificer.
Tyndall. 2. plural Technical terms or objects; things pertaining to the practice of an art or science.
Technical Tech"nic·al adjective [ Greek ..., from ... an art, probably from the same root as ..., ..., to bring forth, produce, and perhaps akin to English
text : confer French
technique .]
Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any science, business, or the like; specially appropriate to any art, science, or business; as, the words of an indictment must be technical . Blackstone.
Technicality Tech`ni·cal"i·ty noun ;
plural Technicalities 1. The quality or state of being technical; technicalness. 2. That which is technical, or peculiar to any trade, profession, sect, or the like. The technicalities of the sect.
Palfrey.
Technically Tech"nic·al·ly adverb In a technical manner; according to the signification of terms as used in any art, business, or profession.
Technicalness Tech"nic·al·ness noun The quality or state of being technical; technicality.
Technicals Tech"nic·als noun plural Those things which pertain to the practical part of an art, science, or profession; technical terms; technics.
Technician Tech·ni"cian noun A technicist; esp., one skilled particularly in the technical details of his work.
Technicist Tech"ni·cist noun One skilled in technics or in one or more of the practical arts.
Technicological Tech`ni·co·log"ic·al adjective Technological; technical. [ R.]
Dr. J. Scott.
Technicology Tech`ni·col"o·gy noun Technology. [ R.]
Technics Tech"nics noun The doctrine of arts in general; such branches of learning as respect the arts.
Techniphone Tech"ni·phone noun [ Greek ... art +
-phone .]
(Music) A dumb gymnastic apparatus for training the hands of pianists and organists, as to a legato touch.
Technique Tech`nique" noun [ French]
Same as Technic , noun
Technism Tech"nism noun Technicality.
Technography Tech·nog"ra·phy noun [ Greek ... art, skill, craft +
graph .]
Description of the arts and crafts of tribes and peoples. --
Tech`no*graph"ic ,
Tech`no*graph"ic*al adjective
Technologic Tech`no·log"ic adjective Technological.
Technological Tech`no·log"ic·al adjective [ Confer French
technologique .]
Of or pertaining to technology.
Technologist Tech·nol"o·gist noun One skilled in technology; one who treats of arts, or of the terms of arts.
Technology Tech·nol"o·gy noun [ Greek ... an art +
- logy ; confer Greek ... systematic treatment: confer French
technologie .]
Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of the industrial arts, especially of the more important manufactures, as spinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc. »
Technology is not an independent science, having a set of doctrines of its own, but consists of applications of the principles established in the various physical sciences (chemistry, mechanics, mineralogy, etc.) to manufacturing processes.
Internat. Cyc.
Techy Tech"y adjective [ From Middle English
tecche ,
tache , a habit, bad habit, vice, Old French
tache ,
teche , a spot, stain, blemish, habit, vice, French
tache a spot, blemish; probably akin to English
tack a small nail. See
Tack a small nail, and confer
Touchy .]
Peevish; fretful; irritable.
Tectibranch Tec`ti·branch noun (Zoology) One of the Tectibranchiata. Also used adjectively.
Tectibranchia Tec`ti·bran"chi·a noun plural [ New Latin ]
Same as Tectibranchiata .
Tectibranchiata Tec`ti·bran`chi·a"ta noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin
tectus (past participle of
tegere to cover) + Greek ... a gill.]
(Zoology) An order, or suborder, of gastropod Mollusca in which the gills are usually situated on one side of the back, and protected by a fold of the mantle. When there is a shell, it is usually thin and delicate and often rudimentary. The aplysias and the bubble shells are examples.
Tectibranchiate Tec`ti·bran"chi·ate adjective [ Latin
tectus (past participle of
tegere to cover) + English
branchiate .]
(Zoology) Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to the Tectibranchiata. --
noun A tectibranchiate mollusk.
Tectly Tect"ly adverb [ Latin
tectus covered, from
tegere to cover.]
Covertly; privately; secretly. [ Obsolete]
Holinshed.
Tectology Tec·tol"o·gy noun [ Greek ... a carpenter +
-logy .]
(Biol.) A division of morphology created by Haeckel; the science of organic individuality constituting the purely structural portion of morphology, in which the organism is regarded as composed of organic individuals of different orders, each organ being considered an individual. See Promorphology , and Morphon .
Tectonic Tec·ton"ic adjective [ Latin
tectonicus , Greek ..., from ..., ..., a carpenter, builder.]
Of or pertaining to building or construction; architectural.
Tectonic Tec·ton"ic adjective 1. (Biol.) Structural. 2. (Geol. & Physics Geology) Of, pert. to, or designating, the rock structures and external forms resulting from the deformation of the earth's crust; as, tectonic arches or valleys.
Tectonics Tec·ton"ics noun The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably to the end for which they are designed, and in conformity with artistic sentiments and ideas.
Tectonics Tec·ton"ics noun The science or art by which implements, vessels, buildings, etc., are constructed, both in relation to their use and to their artistic design.
Tectorial Tec·to"ri·al adjective [ Latin
tectorius .]
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to covering; -- applied to a membrane immediately over the organ of Corti in the internal ear.
Tectrices Tec"tri·ces noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin
tegere ,
tectum , to cover.]
(Zoology) The wing coverts of a bird. See Covert , and Illust. of Bird .
Tecum Te"cum noun (Botany) See Tucum .
Ted Ted transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Tedded ;
present participle & verbal noun Tedding .] [ Prob. from Icelandic
te...ja to spread manure, from
ta... manure; akin to Middle High German
zetten to scatter, spread. √58. Confer
Teathe .]
To spread, or turn from the swath, and scatter for drying, as new-mowed grass; -- chiefly used in the past participle. The smell of grain or tedded grass.
Milton. The tedded hay and corn sheaved in one field.
Coleridge.
Tedder Ted"der noun A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to expedite its drying.
Tedder Ted"der noun [ Middle English √64. See
Tether .]
Same as Tether .
Tedder Ted"der transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Teddered ;
present participle & verbal noun Teddering .]
Same as Tether .
Tedesco Te·des"co adjective ; plural
Tedeschi . [ Italian , of Germanic origin. See
Dutch .]
German; -- used chiefly of art, literature, etc.
Tedge Tedge noun (Founding) The gate of a mold, through which the melted metal is poured; runner, geat.
Tediosity Te`di·os"i·ty noun Tediousness. [ Obsolete]
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