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The space from within which the ball must be struck in beginning the play for each hole.

The years of one's age having the termination -teen, beginning with thirteen and ending with nineteen; as, a girl in her teens.

Of or pertaining to a web; hence, spinning webs; retiary. "Pictures of telary spiders." Sir T. Browne.

Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.

A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise. Throstle cock, the missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]…

From the beginning to the end of; to the end or conclusion of; as, through life; through the year.

as, he timed his appearance rightly. There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things. Bacon.

A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also called rhythmical signature. It is in the form of a fraction, of which the denominator indicates the kind of note taken as time unit for the beat, and the numerator, the number of these to the measu…

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.

to make similar noise by contact of the tongue with the root of the upper teeth at the beginning and end of the sound; also, to give forth such a sound, as a horn when blown. "A tooting horn." Howell. Tooting horns and rattling teams of mail coaches. Thackeray.

A spinning wheel. [Prov. Eng.]

a deceiver; a cheat. He had been from the beginning a spy and a trepan. Macaulay.

A winning card; one of a particular suit (usually determined by chance for each deal) any card of which takes any card of the other suits.

The act of spinning or whirling, as a top.

Composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4. Twin boat, or Twin ship (Naut.), a vessel whose deck and upper works rest on two parallel hulls. -- Twin crystal. See Twin, n., 4. -- Twin flower (Bot.), a delicate evergreen plant (Linnæa borealis) of northern climates, which has p…

und. J. Philips. Twine reeler, a kind of machine for twisting twine; a kind of mule, or spinning machine.

d something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant.

Composed of parts united according to a law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4.

l disorder; a sore discharging pus. It is distinguished from an abscess, which has its beginning, at least, in the depth of the tissues.

Not yet begun; also, existing without a beginning.