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Among tailors, cloth suitable for making entire suits of clothes.

.), a West Indian marine bivalve (Tellina radiata) having a smooth shell marked with radiating bands of varied colors resembling those seen at sunset or before sunrise; -- called also rising sun.

In a supplicating manner.

a. & n. from Sweat, v. Sweating bath, a bath producing sensible sweat; a stove or sudatory. -- Sweating house, a house for sweating persons in sickness. -- Sweating iron, a kind of knife, or a piece of iron, used to scrape off sweat, especially from horses; a horse scraper. -- Sweating room. (a) A room for sweating…

Making love. "To play at sweethearting." W. Black.

A sweet apple. Ascham.

The act of perceiving or tasting by the organs of taste; the faculty or sense by which we perceive or distinguish savors.

A kind of lace made from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch. Tatting shuttle, the shuttle on which the thread used in tatting is wound.

from Taunt, v. Every kind of insolent and taunting reflection. Burke.

In a taunting manner.

Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive; enticing; as, tempting pleasures. -- Tempt"ing*ly, adv. -- Tempt"ing*ness, n.

Boring; perforating; -- applied to molluskas which form holes in rocks, wood, etc.

The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.

A drip, or drip molding.

d, and of which butter is sometimes made. [Written also thrutchthings.] [Prov. Eng.] Thrusting screw, the screw of a screw press, as for pressing curd in making cheese. [R.]

In a thwarting or obstructing manner; so as to thwart.

A periodical sale of ore in the English mining districts; -- so called from the tickets upon which are written the bids of the buyers.

process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer. Tilting helmet, a helmet of large size and unusual weight and strength, worn at tilts.

a. & n. from Toast, v. Toasting fork, a long-handled fork for toasting bread, cheese, or the like, by the fire.

Causing torment; as, a tormenting dream. -- Tor*ment"ing*ly, adv.