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dule or system of rates, changes, etc.; as, a tariff of fees, or of railroad fares. Bolingbroke.

Easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; delicate; as, tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit.

Of or pertaining to a tetrarch or tetrarchy. Bolingbroke.

three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice. A threefold cord is not quickly broken. Eccl. iv. 12.

he latest transactions or news on stock exchanges, commonly found in the offices of stock brokers. By 1980 largely superseded by electronic stock quotation devices. ticker tape parade A parade to honor a person, held in New York City, during which people in the tall buildings of Manhattan throw large quantities of pape…

Massive, like timber. [Obs.] His timbered bones all broken, rudely rumbled. Spenser.

To break completely; to break in pieces. [Obs.] With nose and mouth to-broke. Chaucer.

rom a philosophical tone or temper, to the drudgery of private and public business. Bolingbroke. Their tone was dissatisfied, almost menacing. W. C. Bryant.

High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle. [Prov. Eng.] A rolling range of dreary moors, unbroken by tor or tree. C. Kingsley.

Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; as, tough sinews. Cowper. A body made of brass, the crone demands, . . . Tough to the last, and with no toil to tire. Dryden. The basis of his character was caution combined with tough tenacity of purpose. J. A. Symonds.

The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.

The quality or state of being triangular. Bolingbroke.

Of or pertaining to tritheism. Bolingbroke.

posts hung helmets, darts, and spears, And captive chariots, axes, shields, and bars, And broken beaks of ships, the trophies of their wars. Dryden.

To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate. These stars not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures. Sir I. Newton. The western sky twinkled with stars. Sir W. Scott.

Never mounted by a rider; unbroken. "Unbacked colts." Shak.

A pawnbroker. [Slang] Thackeray. My uncle, a pawnbroker. [Slang] - - Uncle Sam, a humorous appellation given to the United States Government. See Uncle Sam, in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

, individuals, as well as companies, may underwrite policies of insurance. B. Jonson. The broker who procures the insurance ought not, by underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of his unbiased testimony. Marshall.

Not divided; not separated or disunited; unbroken; whole; continuous; as, plains undivided by rivers or mountains.

To sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of. [Brokers' Cant, U. S.]