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Till (?), conj. As far as; up to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; that is, to the time specified in the sentence or clause following; until.
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And said unto them, Occupy till I come. Luke xix. 13.
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Mediate so long till you make some act of prayer to God. Jer. Taylor.
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There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived. Macaulay.
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☞ This use may be explained by supposing an ellipsis of when, or the time when, the proper conjunction or conjunctive adverb begin when.
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Till, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tilling.] [OE. tilen, tilien, AS. tilian, teolian, to aim, strive for, till; akin to OS. tilian to get, D. telen to propagate, G. zielen to aim, ziel an end, object, and perhaps also to E. tide, time, from the idea of something fixed or definite. Cf. , , prep..] 1. To plow and prepare for seed, and to sow, dress, raise crops from, etc., to cultivate; as, to till the earth, a field, a farm.
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No field nolde [would not] tilye. P. Plowman.
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the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. Gen. iii. 23.
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2. To prepare; to get. [Obs.] W. Browne.
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Till, v. i. To cultivate land. Piers Plowman.
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Tillable (?), a. Capable of being tilled; fit for the plow; arable.
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Tillage (?), n. 1. The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops.
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2. A place tilled or cultivated; cultivated land.
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Syn. -- Cultivation; culture; husbandry; farming; agriculture.
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Tillandsia (?), n. [NL., after Prof. Tillands, of Abo, in Finland.] (Bot.) An immense genus of epiphytic bromeliaceous plants confined to tropical and subtropical America. They usually bear a rosette of narrow overlapping basal leaves, which often hold a considerable quantity of water. The spicate or paniculate flowers have free perianth segments, and are often subtended by colored bracts. Also, a plant of this genus. Tillandsia usneoides, called Spanish moss, long moss, black moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees in the Southeastern United States and south to Argentina. It is often used for stuffing mattresses
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Tiller (?), n. [From , v. t.] One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.
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Tiller, n. [AS. telgor a small branch. Cf. to cultivate.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker. (b) A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.
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2. A young timber tree. [Prov. Eng.] Evelyn.
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Tiller, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tillered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tillering.] To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering. [Sometimes written tillow.]
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Tiller, n. [From OE. tillen, tullen, to draw, pull; probably fr. AS. tyllan in fortyllan to lead astray; or cf. D. tillen to lift up. Cf. a drawer.] 1. (Naut.) A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of . Cf. 2d , 1.
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2. The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself. [Obs.]
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You can shoot in a tiller. Beau. & Fl.
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3. The handle of anything. [Prov. Eng.]
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4. A small drawer; a till. Dryden.
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Coloq. Tiller rope (Naut.), a rope for turning a tiller. In a large vessel it forms the connection between the fore end of the tiller and the steering wheel.
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{ Tilley (?), n., or Tilley seed (?) }. (Bot.) The seeds of a small tree (Croton Pavana) common in the Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those of Croton Tiglium. [Written also tilly.]
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Tillman (?), n.; pl. Tillmen (�). A man who tills the earth; a husbandman. [Obs.] Tusser.
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Tillodont (?), n. One of the Tillodontia.
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Tillodontia (?), n. pl. (Paleon.) An extinct group of Mammalia found fossil in the Eocene formation. The species are related to the carnivores, ungulates, and rodents. Called also Tillodonta.
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Tillot (tĭllŏt), n. A bag made of thin glazed muslin, used as a wrapper for dress goods. McElrath.
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Tillow (?), v. i. See 3d .
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Tilly-vally (?), interj., adv., or a. A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used as expressive of contempt, or when anything said was rejected as trifling or impertinent. [Written also tille-vally, tilly-fally, tille-fally, and otherwise.] Shak.
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Tilmus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. tilmos, fr. tillein to pluck, pull.] (Med.) Floccillation.
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Til seed (tĭl; tēl). (a) The seed of sesame. (b) The seed of an African asteraceous plant (Guizotia abyssinica), yielding a bland fixed oil used in medicine.
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Tilt (tĭlt), n. [OE. telt (perhaps from the Danish), teld, AS. teld, geteld; akin to OD. telde, G. zelt, Icel. tjald, Sw. tält, tjäll, Dan. telt, and AS. beteldan to cover.] 1. A covering overhead; especially, a tent. Denham.
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2. The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.
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3. (Naut.) A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat.
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Coloq. Tilt boat (Naut.), a boat covered with canvas or other cloth. -- Coloq. Tilt roof (Arch.), a round-headed roof, like the canopy of a wagon.
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Tilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tilting.] To cover with a tilt, or awning.
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Tilt, v. t. [OE. tilten, tulten, to totter, fall, AS. tealt unstable, precarious; akin to tealtrian to totter, to vacillate, D. tel amble, ambling pace, G. zelt, Icel. tölt an ambling pace, tölta to amble. Cf. .] 1. To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.
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2. To point or thrust, as a lance.
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Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance. J. Philips.
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3. To point or thrust a weapon at. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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4. To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile.
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Tilt, v. i. 1. To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances.
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He tilts
With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast. Shak.
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Swords out, and tilting one at other's breast. Shak.
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But in this tournament can no man tilt. Tennyson.
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The fleet, swift tilting, o'er the �urges flew. Pope.
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2. To lean; to fall partly over; to tip.
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The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back. Grew.
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Tilt (?), n. 1. A thrust, as with a lance. Addison.
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2. A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament.
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3. See , in the Vocabulary.
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4. Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask.
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Coloq. Full tilt , with full force. Dampier.
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Tilter (?), n. 1. One who tilts, or jousts; hence, one who fights.
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Let me alone to match your tilter. Glanville.
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2. One who operates a tilt hammer.
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Tilth (?), n. [AS. til�, fr. tilian to till. See to cultivate.] 1. The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as, land is good tilth.
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The tilth and rank fertility of its golden youth. De Quincey.
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2. That which is tilled; tillage ground. [R.]
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And so by tilth and grange . . .
We gained the mother city. Tennyson.
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Tilt hammer (?). A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or wipers on a revolving shaft; a trip hammer.
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Tilting (?), n. 1. The act of one who tilts; a tilt.
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2. The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer.
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Coloq. Tilting helmet , a helmet of large size and unusual weight and strength, worn at tilts.
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Tilt-mill (?), n. A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on.
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Til tree (tĭl; tēl). (Bot.) (a) Var. of . (b) An ill-smelling lauraceous tree (Ocotea fœtens) of the Canary Islands; -- sometimes distinguished as Canary Island til tree.
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Tilt-up (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Tilt-yard (?), n. A yard or place for tilting. “The tilt-yard of Templestowe.” Sir W. Scott.
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Timal (?), n. (Zoöl.) The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
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Timaline (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the genus Timalus or family Timalidæ, which includes the babblers thrushes, and bulbuls.
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Timbal (?), n. A kettledrum. See .
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Timbale (?), n. [F., prop., a kettledrum; -- so named from the form of the mold used. Cf. .] (Cookery) A seasoned preparation, as of chicken, lobster, cheese, or fish, cooked in a drum-shaped mold; also, a pastry case, usually small, filled with a cooked mixture.
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Timber (?), n. [Probably the same word as timber sort of wood; cf. Sw. timber, LG. timmer, MHG. zimber, G. zimmer, F. timbre, LL. timbrium. Cf. .] (Com.) A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer. [Written also timbre.]
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Timber, n. [F. timbre. See .] (Her.) The crest on a coat of arms. [Written also timbre.]
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Timber, v. t. To surmount as a timber does. [Obs.]
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Timber, n. [AS. timbor, timber, wood, building; akin to OFries. timber, D. timmer a room, G. zimmer, OHG. zimbar timber, a dwelling, room, Icel. timbr timber, Sw. timmer, Dan. tömmer, Goth. timrjan to build, timrja a builder, L. domus a house, Gr. � house, � to build, Skr. dama a house. √62. Cf. , .] 1. That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. , 3.
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And ta'en my fiddle to the gate, . . .
And fiddled in the timber! Tennyson.
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2. The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
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3. Fig.: Material for any structure.
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Such dispositions are the very errors of human nature; and yet they are the fittest timber to make politics of. Bacon.
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4. A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding.
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So they prepared timber . . . to build the house. 1 Kings v. 18.
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Many of the timbers were decayed. W. Coxe.
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5. Woods or forest; wooden land. [Western U. S.]
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6. (Shipbuilding) A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united.
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Coloq. Timber and room . (Shipbuilding) Same as Room and space. See under . -- Coloq. Timber beetle (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of beetles the larvæ of which bore in timber; as, the silky timber beetle (Lymexylon sericeum). -- Coloq. Timber doodle (Zoöl.), the American woodcock. [Local, U. S.] -- Coloq. Timber grouse (Zoöl.), any species of grouse that inhabits woods, as the ruffed grouse and spruce partridge; -- distinguished from prairie grouse. -- Coloq. Timber hitch (Naut.), a kind of hitch used for temporarily marking fast a rope to a spar. See Illust. under . -- Coloq. Timber mare , a kind of instrument upon which soldiers were formerly compelled to ride for punishment. Johnson. -- Coloq. Timber scribe , a metal tool or pointed instrument for marking timber. Simmonds. -- Coloq. Timber sow . (Zoöl.) Same as Timber worm, below. Bacon. -- Coloq. Timber tree , a tree suitable for timber. -- Coloq. Timber worm (Zoöl.), any larval insect which burrows in timber. -- Coloq. Timber yard , a yard or place where timber is deposited.
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Timber (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Timbered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Timbering.] To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
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His bark is stoutly timbered. Shak.
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Timber, v. i. 1. To light on a tree. [Obs.]
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2. (Falconry) To make a nest.
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Timbered (?), a. 1. Furnished with timber; -- often compounded; as, a well-timbered house; a low-timbered house. L'Estrange.
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2. Built; formed; contrived. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.
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3. Massive, like timber. [Obs.]
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His timbered bones all broken, rudely rumbled. Spenser.
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4. Covered with growth timber; wooden; as, well-timbered land.
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Timberhead (?), n. (Naut.) The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.; -- called also kevel head.
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Timbering, n. The act of furnishing with timber; also, timbers, collectively; timberwork; timber.
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Timberling (?), n. [Timber + -ling.] A small tree. [Eng.]
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Timberman (?), n.; pl. Timbermen (�). (Mining) A man employed in placing supports of timber in a mine. Weale.
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Timberwork (?), n. Work made of timbers.
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Timbre (?), n. See 1st .
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Timbre, n. [F., a bell to be struck with a hammer, sound, tone, stamp, crest, in OF., a timbrel. Cf. .] 1. (Her.) The crest on a coat of arms.
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2. (Mus.) The quality or tone distinguishing voices or instruments; tone color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the voice; the timbre of a violin. See , and Partial tones, under .
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Timbrel (?), n. [Dim. of OE. timbre, OF. timbre; probably fr. L. typmanum, Gr. � a kettledrum, but influenced perhaps by Ar. tabl a drum; cf. Per. tambal a drum. See , and cf. 2d , .] (Mus.) A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest antiquity.
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Miriam . . . took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. Ex. xv. 20.
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{ Timbreled, Timbrelled} (?), a. Sung to the sound of the timbrel. “In vain with timbreled anthems dark.” Milton.
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Timbuctoo, Timbuktoo prop. n., A city on the southern edge of the Sahara, in central Africa, some nine miles from the Niger. It is about three miles around, and was formerly surrounded by a clay wall. Timbuctoo has a large caravan trade, gold dust being the most important export. The people are negroes, Tuariks, Mandingoes, Arabs, Foolahs, etc. The city was founded in the 12th century, but was first seen by a white man in 1826. Timbuctoo now belongs to France, and a railroad is proposed to connect Algiers, Timbuctoo and Senegambia. Population, 13,000 (1893), greatly increased during the trading season from November to January. Student's Cyclopedia, 1897.
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Timburine (?), n. A tambourine. [Obs.]
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Time (?), n.; pl. Times (#). [OE. time, AS. tīma, akin to tīd time, and to Icel. tīmi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. √58. See , n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.
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The time wasteth [i. e. passes away] night and day. Chaucer.
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I know of no ideas . . . that have a better claim to be accounted simple and original than those of space and time. Reid.
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2. A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as, the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be.
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God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets. Heb. i. 1.
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3. The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; -- often in the plural; as, ancient times; modern times.
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4. The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal.
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Believe me, your time is not your own; it belongs to God, to religion, to mankind. Buckminster.
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5. A proper time; a season; an opportunity.
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There is . . . a time to every purpose. Eccl. iii. 1.
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The time of figs was not yet. Mark xi. 13.
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6. Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition.
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She was within one month of her time. Clarendon.
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7. Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four times four, or sixteen.
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Summers three times eight save one. Milton.
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8. The present life; existence in this world as contrasted with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite, duration.
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Till time and sin together cease. Keble.
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9. (Gram.) Tense.
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10. (Mus.) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.
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Some few lines set unto a solemn time. Beau. & Fl.
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☞ Time is often used in the formation of compounds, mostly self-explaining; as, time-battered, time-beguiling, time-consecrated, time-consuming, time-enduring, time-killing, time-sanctioned, time-scorner, time-wasting, time-worn, etc.
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Coloq. Absolute time , time irrespective of local standards or epochs; as, all spectators see a lunar eclipse at the same instant of absolute time. -- Coloq. Apparent time , the time of day reckoned by the sun, or so that 12 o'clock at the place is the instant of the transit of the sun's center over the meridian. -- Coloq. Astronomical time , mean solar time reckoned by counting the hours continuously up to twenty-four from one noon to the next. -- Coloq. At times , at distinct intervals of duration; now and then; as, at times he reads, at other times he rides. -- Coloq. Civil time , time as reckoned for the purposes of common life in distinct periods, as years, months, days, hours, etc., the latter, among most modern nations, being divided into two series of twelve each, and reckoned, the first series from midnight to noon, the second, from noon to midnight. -- Coloq. Common time (Mil.), the ordinary time of marching, in which ninety steps, each twenty-eight inches in length, are taken in one minute. -- Coloq. Equation of time . See under , n. -- Coloq. In time . (a) In good season; sufficiently early; as, he arrived in time to see the exhibition. (b) After a considerable space of duration; eventually; finally; as, you will in time recover your health and strength. -- Coloq. Mean time . See under 4th . -- Coloq. Quick time (Mil.), time of marching, in which one hundred and twenty steps, each thirty inches in length, are taken in one minute. -- Coloq. Sidereal time . See under . -- Coloq. Standard time , the civil time that has been established by law or by general usage over a region or country. In England the standard time is Greenwich mean solar time. In the United States and Canada four kinds of standard time have been adopted by the railroads and accepted by the people, viz., Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific time, corresponding severally to the mean local times of the 75th, 90th, 105th, and 120th meridians west from Greenwich, and being therefore five, six, seven, and eight hours slower than Greenwich time. -- Coloq. Time ball , a ball arranged to drop from the summit of a pole, to indicate true midday time, as at Greenwich Observatory, England. Nichol. -- Coloq. Time bargain (Com.), a contract made for the sale or purchase of merchandise, or of stock in the public funds, at a certain time in the future. -- Coloq. Time bill . Same as . [Eng.] -- Coloq. Time book , a book in which is kept a record of the time persons have worked. -- Coloq. Time detector , a timepiece provided with a device for registering and indicating the exact time when a watchman visits certain stations in his beat. -- Coloq. Time enough , in season; early enough. “Stanly at Bosworth field, . . . came time enough to save his life.” Bacon. -- Coloq. Time fuse , a fuse, as for an explosive projectile, which can be so arranged as to ignite the charge at a certain definite interval after being itself ignited. -- Coloq. Time immemorial , or Coloq. Time out of mind . (Eng. Law) See under . -- Coloq. Time lock , a lock having clockwork attached, which, when wound up, prevents the bolt from being withdrawn when locked, until a certain interval of time has elapsed. -- Coloq. Time of day , salutation appropriate to the times of the day, as “good morning,” “good evening,” and the like; greeting. -- Coloq. To kill time . See under , v. t. -- Coloq. To make time . (a) To gain time. (b) To occupy or use (a certain) time in doing something; as, the trotting horse made fast time. -- Coloq. To move against time , Coloq. To run against time , or Coloq. To go against time , to move, run, or go a given distance without a competitor, in the quickest possible time; or, to accomplish the greatest distance which can be passed over in a given time; as, the horse is to run against time. -- Coloq. True time . (a) Mean time as kept by a clock going uniformly. (b) (Astron.) Apparent time as reckoned from the transit of the sun's center over the meridian.
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