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The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed. Jolif and glad they went unto here [their] rest And casten hem [them] full early for to sail. Chaucer. They of Italy salute you. Heb. xiii. 24. Blessed are they…

The chub mackerel. See under Chub.

isible at the throat of the corolla, as in long-stamened primroses; -- the reverse of pin-eyed.

The wren.

A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament. It is an altered form of the mineral crocidolite. See Crocidolite.

The seeds of a small tree (Croton Pavana) common in the Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those of Croton Tiglium. [Written also tilly.]

A kind of carriage. See Whiskey. Southery.

A tollbooth; also, a merchants' meeting place, or exchange. [Obs.] Halliwell.

The liver of the lobster, which becomes green when boiled; -- called also tomalline.

A tournament. Bacon. At tilt or tourney or like warlike game. Spenser. We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time for half the work. Tennyson.

a card, die, or domino of three spots or pips. Seven is my chance and thine is cinq and trey. Chaucer.

A motor car to which the current is conveyed by means of a trolley.

A heavy conducting wire on which the trolley car runs and from which it receives the current.

A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like. [Eng.]

An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia. Turkey carpet, a superior kind of carpet made in Asia Minor and adjoining countries, having a deep pile and composed of pure wool with a weft of different material. It is distinguishable by its coloring and patterns from similar carpets made in India and elsew…

An eccentric ragtime dance, danced with the feet well apart and with a characteristic rise on the ball of the foot, followed by a drop upon the heel. The original form, owning to the positions assumed by the dancers, is offensively suggestive. Similar dances are the bunny hug and grizzly bear, so called in allusion to…

Turkish. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Tourney. [Obs.] Chaucer. "In open turney." Spenser. Milton.

A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder.

Two. [Obs.] Chaucer.