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A breed of cattle formerly bred in England, but supposed to have originated in Holland and to have been the principal stock from which the shorthorns were derived.

A pipit. [Prov. Eng.]

merican monkeys belonging to Callithrix, Chrysothrix, and allied genera; as, the collared teetee (Callithrix torquatus), and the squirrel teetee (Chrysothrix sciurea). Called also pinche, titi, and saimiri. See Squirrel monkey, under Squirrel.

to seesaw; to titter; to titter- totter. [U. S.] [The bobolink] alit upon the flower, and teetered up and down. H. W. Beecher.

The spotted sandpiper. See the Note under Sandpiper.

To breed, or grow, teeth.

The process of the first growth of teeth, or the phenomena attending their issue through the gums; dentition.

Entire; total. [Colloq.]

One pledged to entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks.

The principle or practice of entire abstinence, esp. from intoxicating drinks.

Entirely; totally. [Colloq.]

, and twirled by the fingers. The staggerings of the gentleman . . . were like those of a teetotum nearly spent. Dickens.

The rock pipit. [Prov. Eng.]

The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]

The pewit. [Prov. Eng.]

in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee. Macaulay.

The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated.

One who receives an affront. Lytton.

One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made.

Any steel containing a notable quantity of some other metal alloyed with the iron, usually chromium, nickel, manganese, tungsten, or vanadium.