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5. To experiment with; to test by use; as, to try a remedy for disease; to try a horse.
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Come, try upon yourselves what you have seen me. Shak.
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To ease her cares the force of sleep she tries. Swift.
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6. To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience.
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7. (Law) To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal.
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8. To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms; as, to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions.
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Left I the court, to see this quarrel tried. Shak.
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9. To experience; to have or gain knowledge of by experience. Milton.
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Or try the Libyan heat or Scythian cold. Dryden.
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10. To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.
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Let us try . . . to found a path. Milton.
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Coloq. To try on . (a) To put on, as a garment, to ascertain whether it fits the person. (b) To attempt; to undertake. [Slang] Dickens.
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Syn. -- To attempt; endeavor; strive; aim; examine. -- , . To try is the generic, to attempt is the specific, term. When we try, we are usually uncertain as to success; when we attempt, we have always some definite object in view which we seek to accomplish. We may be indifferent as to the result of a trial, but we rarely attempt anything without a desire to succeed.
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He first deceased: she for a little tried
To live without him; liked it not, and died. Sir H. Wotton.
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Alack, I am afraid they have a waked,
And 't is not done. The attempt, and not the deed,
Confounds us. Shak.
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Try (?), v. i. 1. To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn.
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2. To do; to fare; as, how do you try! [Prov. Eng.]
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Try, n. 1. A screen, or sieve, for grain. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Holland.
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2. Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial.
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This breaking of his has been but a try for his friends. Shak.
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3. In Rugby and Northern Union football, a score (counting three points) made by grounding the ball on or behind the opponent's goal line; -- so called because it entitles the side making it to a place kick for a goal (counting two points more if successful).
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Try, a. [Cf. , v. t.] Refined; select; excellent; choice. [Obs.] “Sugar that is try.” Chaucer.
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Try cock. A cock for withdrawing a small quantity of liquid, as for testing.
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Trygon (trīgŏn), n. [L., a sting ray, from Gr.� a kind of fish with a prickle in the tail.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of large sting rays belonging to Trygon and allied genera.
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Trying, a. Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive; as, a trying occasion or position.
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Tryout (?), n. 1. a test of the performance capability of a person, to ascertain fitness for a particular task; in sports, a test by which the fitness of a player or contestant to remain in a certain class is determined.
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2. (Theater) one or more performances of a play prior to the official opening, held at a location outside of the city where it is to be formally presented, conducted for the purpose of determining audience response or ascertaining weaknesses needing correction.
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Try out (?), v. i. to compete for a postition, as on a sports team or in a theatrical presentation.
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Try out (?), v. t. to use (something not previously used) to determine its fitness for a particular purpose; also, to attempt (a deed) to determine if it will accomplish a particular purpose.
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Trypsin (?), n. [Gr. � a rubbing, fr. � to rub, grind. So called because it causes protein to break up or to fall apart.] (physiol.) A proteolytic enzyme present in the pancreatic juice. Unlike the pepsin of the gastric juice, it acts in a neutral or alkaline fluid, and not only converts the albuminous matter of the food into soluble peptones, but also, in part, into leucin and tyrosin.
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Trypsinogen (?), n. [Trypsin + -gen.] (Physiol.) The antecedent of trypsin, a substance which is contained in the cells of the pancreas and gives rise to the trypsin.
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Tryptic (?), a. (Physiol.) Relating to trypsin or to its action; produced by trypsin; as, trypsin digestion.
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Tryptone (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) The peptone formed by pancreatic digestion; -- so called because it is formed through the agency of the ferment trypsin.
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Trysail (?), n. (Naut.) A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer. Totten.
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Try-square (?), n. An instrument used by carpenters, joiners, etc., for laying off right angles off right angles, and testing whether work is square.
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Tryst (?), n. [OE. trist, tryst, a variant of trust; cf. Icel. treysta to make trusty, fr. traust confidence, security. See , n.] 1. Trust. [Obs.]
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2. An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst. [Scot. or Poetic]
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Coloq. To bide tryst , to wait, at the appointed time, for one with whom a tryst or engagement is made; to keep an engagement or appointment.
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The tenderest-hearted maid
That ever bided tryst at village stile. Tennyson.
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Tryst, v. t. [OE. tristen, trysten. See , n.]
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1. To trust. [Obs.]
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2. To agree with to meet at a certain place; to make an appointment with. [Scot.] Burns.
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Tryst, v. i. To mutually agree to meet at a certain place. [Scot.]
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Tryster (?), n. One who makes an appointment, or tryst; one who meets with another.
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Trysting, n. An appointment; a tryst.
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Coloq. Trysting day , an arranged day of meeting or assembling, as of soldiers, friends, and the like.
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And named a trysting day,
And bade his messengers ride forth
East and west and south and north,
To summon his array. Macaulay.
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-- Coloq. Trysting place , a place designated for the assembling of soldiers, the meeting of parties for an interview, or the like; a rendezvous. Byron.
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Tsar (?), n. The title of the emperor of Russia. See .
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{ Tsarina (?), Tsaritsa (?), } n. [Russ. tsaritsa. Cf. .] The title of the empress of Russia. See .
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Tschakmeck (?), n. (Zoöl.) The chameck.
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Tschego (?), n. [From a native name.] (Zoöl.) A West African anthropoid ape allied to the gorilla and chimpanzee, and by some considered only a variety of the chimpanzee. It is noted for building large, umbrella-shaped nests in trees. Called also tscheigo, tschiego, nschego, nscheigo.
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Tsebe (?), n. (Zoöl.) The springbok.
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Tsetse, n. (Zoöl.) A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year. [Written also tzetze, and tsetze.]
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T square (?). See under .
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Tsung-li Yamen (?). [Written also Tsung-li-Yamen or Tsungli Yamen.] [Chin.] The board or department of foreign affairs in the Chinese government. See .
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Tsung tu (?). A viceroy or governor-general, the highest provincial official in China, with civil and military authority over one or more provinces.
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Tuatara (?), n. [Maori tuatàra; tua on the farther side (the back) + tara spine.] (Zoöl.) A large iguanalike reptile (Sphenodon punctatum) formerly common in New Zealand, but by 1900 confined to certain islets near the coast. It reaches a length of two and a half feet, is dark olive-green with small white or yellowish specks on the sides, and has yellow spines along the back, except on the neck. It is the only surviving member of the order Rhyncocephala. Also called tuatera and hatteria.
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Tuatera (?), n. Same as .
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Tub (?), n. [OE. tubbe; of Dutch or Low German origin; cf. LG. tubbe, D. tobbe.] 1. An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, -- used for various purposes.
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2. The amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity; as, a tub of butter; a tub of camphor, which is about 1 cwt., etc.
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3. Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely or opprobriously.
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All being took up and busied, some in pulpits and some in tubs, in the grand work of preaching and holding forth. South.
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4. A sweating in a tub; a tub fast. [Obs.] Shak.
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5. A small cask; as, a tub of gin.
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6. A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; -- so called by miners.
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Coloq. Tub fast , an old mode of treatment for the venereal disease, by sweating in a close place, or tub, and fasting. [Obs.] Shak. -- Coloq. Tub wheel , a horizontal water wheel, usually in the form of a short cylinder, to the circumference of which spiral vanes or floats, placed radially, are attached, turned by the impact of one or more streams of water, conducted so as to strike against the floats in the direction of a tangent to the cylinder.
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Tub, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tubbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tubbing.] To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.
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Tub, v. i. To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe. [Colloq.]
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Don't we all tub in England ? London Spectator.
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Tuba (?), n. [L., trumpet.] (Mus.) (a) An ancient trumpet. (b) A sax-tuba. See .
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Tubal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a tube; specifically, of or pertaining to one of the Fallopian tubes; as, tubal pregnancy.
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Tubbing (?), n. 1. The forming of a tub; also, collectively, materials for tubs.
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2. A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety.
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Tubby (?), a. Resembling a tub; specifically sounding dull and without resonance, like a tub; wanting elasticity or freedom of sound; as, a tubby violin.
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Tube (?), n. [L. tubus; akin to tuba a trumpet: cf F. tube.] 1. A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.
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2. A telescope. “Glazed optic tube.” Milton.
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3. A vessel in animal bodies or plants, which conveys a fluid or other substance.
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4. (Bot.) The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla.
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5. (Gun.) A priming tube, or friction primer. See under , and .
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6. (Steam Boilers) A small pipe forming part of the boiler, containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases, or else surrounded by water and forming a flue for the gases to pass through.
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7. (Zoöl.) (a) A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case secreted or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans, insects, and other animals, for protection or concealment. See Illust. of . (b) One of the siphons of a bivalve mollusk.
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8. (Elec. Railways) A tunnel for a tube railway; also (Colloq.), a tube railway; a subway. [Chiefly Eng.] In the New York area, the subways running under the Hudson River are sometimes referred to as the tube.
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Coloq. Capillary tube , a tube of very fine bore. See . -- Coloq. Fire tube (Steam Boilers), a tube which forms a flue. -- Coloq. Tube coral . (Zoöl.) Same as . -- Coloq. Tube foot (Zoöl.), one of the ambulacral suckers of an echinoderm. -- Coloq. Tube plate , or Coloq. Tube sheet (Steam Boilers), a flue plate. See under . -- Coloq. Tube pouch (Mil.), a pouch containing priming tubes. -- Coloq. Tube spinner (Zoöl.), any one of various species of spiders that construct tubelike webs. They belong to Tegenaria, Agelena, and allied genera. -- Coloq. Water tube (Steam Boilers), a tube containing water and surrounded by flame or hot gases.
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Tube, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tubed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tubing.] To furnish with a tube; as, to tube a well.
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Tubeform (?), a. In the form of a tube; tubular; tubiform.
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Tube-nosed (?), a. (Zoöl.) (a) Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny tubes along the sides of the beak; -- said of certain sea birds. (b) Belonging to the Tubinares.
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Tuber (?), n.[L., a hump. knob; probably akin to tumere to swell. Cf. .] 1. (Bot.) (a) A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of . (b) A genus of fungi. See .
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2. (Anat.) A tuberosity; a tubercle.
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Tube railway, n. an electrically powered railroad with tracks running through a tunnel underground; a subway.
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Tubercle (?), n. [L. tuberculum, dim. of tuber: cf. F. tubercule, OF. also tubercle. See .]
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1. A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on the body in leprosy.
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2. (Med.) A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption.
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Coloq. Tubercle bacillus (Med.), a minute vegetable organism (Mycobacterium tuberculosis, formerly Bacillus tuberculosis, and also called Koch's bacillus) discovered by Koch, a German physician, in the sputum of consumptive patients and in tuberculous tissue. It is the causative agent of tuberculosis.
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Tubercled (?), a. Having tubercles; affected with, tubercles; tuberculate; as, a tubercled lung or stalk.
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Tubercular (?), a. 1. Having tubercles; affected with tubercles; tubercled; tuberculate.
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2. Like a tubercle; as, a tubercular excrescence.
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3. (Med.) Characterized by the development of tubercles; as, tubercular diathesis.
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Tubercularize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. -ized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. i-zing (?).] [Tubercular + -ize.] (Med.) To infect with tuberculosis. -- Tubercularization (#), n.
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{ Tuberculate (?), Tuberculated (?), } a. [NL. tuberculatus: cf. F. tuberculé.] Tubercled; tubercular.
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Tuberculin (?), n. [See .] A fluid containing the products formed by the growth of the tubercle bacillus in a suitable culture medium.
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Tuberculin test (?). The hypodermic injection of tuberculin, used as a test for past or present infection with tuberculosis. It is used both for humans and cattle. In humans, a previous or acive infection with tuberculosis will cause a distinct reaction to the injection of tuberculin. The test is thus used to screen populations to discover those who may harbor an active tuberculosis infection, and more definitive tests are performed on those showing a positive reaction, to determine if the infection is active. In cattle there is little or no effect of the injection of tuberculin on healthy animals, but there is a marked rise in temperature in tuberculous animals.
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Tuberculization (?), n. (Med.) The development of tubercles; the condition of one who is affected with tubercles.
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Tuberculocidal (?), a. [Tuberculum + root of L. caedere to kill.] able to kill Mycobacterum tuberculosis.
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Tuberculocidin (?), n. [Tuberculum + root of L. caedere to kill.] (Physiol. Chem.) A special substance contained in tuberculin, supposed to be the active agent of the latter freed from various impurities.
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Tuberculoid (?), a. [Tuberculum + -oid.] (Med.) Resembling a tubercle.
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{ Tuberculose (?), Tuberculous (?), } a. Having tubercles; affected with, or characterized by, tubercles; tubercular.
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Tuberculosed (?), a. (Med.) Affected with tuberculosis.
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Tuberculosis (?), n. [NL. See .] (Med.) A constitutional disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (also called the ), characterized by the production of tubercles in the internal organs, and especially in the lungs, where it constitutes the most common variety of pulmonary phthisis (consumption). The Mycobacteria are slow-growing and without cell walls, and are thus not affected by the beta-lactam antibiotics; treatment is difficult, usually requiring simultaneous administration of multiple antibiotics to effect a cure. Prior to availability of antibiotic treatment, the cure required extensive rest, for which special sanatoriums were constructed.
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Tuberculous (?), a. (Med.) Pertaining to, or affected with, a tuberculosis.
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Tuberculum (?), n.; pl. Tubercula (#). [L., dim. of tuber a swelling.] (Zoöl.) A tubercle.
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Tuberiferous (?), a. [Tuber + -ferous.] Producing or bearing tubers.
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Tuberose (?), n. [Cf. G. tuberose, F. tubéreuse, NL. Polianthes tuberosa. See .] (Bot.) A plant (Polianthes tuberosa) with a tuberous root and a liliaceous flower. It is much cultivated for its beautiful and fragrant white blossoms.
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Tuberose (?), a. Tuberous.
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Tuberosity (?), n.; pl. Tuberosities (#). [Cf. F. tubérosité.] 1. The state of being tuberous.
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2. An obtuse or knoblike prominence; a protuberance.
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Tuberous (?), a. [L. tuberosus: cf. F. tubéreux. See , and cf. also .]
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1. Covered with knobby or wartlike prominences; knobbed.
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2. (Bot.) Consisting of, or bearing, tubers; resembling a tuber.
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-- Tuberousness, n.
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Tube-shell (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around its siphon, as the watering-shell.
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Tubeworm (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any annelid which constructs a tube; one of the Tubicolæ.
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Tubfish (?), n. (Zoöl.) The sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). See Illust. under . [Prov. Eng.]
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Tubful (?), n.; pl. Tubfuls (�). As much as a tub will hold; enough to fill a tub.
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Tubicinate (?), v. i. [L. tubicen trumpeter.] To blow a trumpet.
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Tubicolæ (?), n. pl. [L. tubus a tube + colere to inhabit.] (Zoöl.) A division of annelids including those which construct, and habitually live in, tubes. The head or anterior segments usually bear gills and cirri. Called also Sedentaria, and Capitibranchiata. See , and .
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Tubicolar (?), a. (Zoöl.) Tubicolous.
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Tubicole (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Tubicolæ.
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Tubicolous (?), a. [See .] (Zoöl.) Inhabiting a tube; as, tubicolous worms.
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Tubicorn (?), n. [L. tubus tube + cornu horn: cf. F. tubicorne.] (Zoöl.) Any ruminant having horns composed of a bony axis covered with a horny sheath; a hollow-horned ruminant.
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Tubicornous (?), a. Having hollow horns.
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Tubiform (?), a. Having the form of a tube; tubeform. “Tubiform cells.” Carpenter.
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Tubinares (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. tubus tube + nares the nostrils.] (Zoöl.) A tribe of sea birds comprising the petrels, shearwaters, albatrosses, hagdons, and allied birds having tubular horny nostrils.
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