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One who systematizes. Aristotle may be called the systematizer of his master's doctrines. Harris.

of the other, and formerly a contraction for that other. See the Note under That, 2. The tothir that was crucifield with him. Wyclif(John xix. 32)

A broad hem on the edge of a sail. Totten.

A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction. [Written also tabu.]

sun. -- Tail of a gale (Naut.), the latter part of it, when the wind has greatly abated. Totten. -- Tail of a lock (on a canal), the lower end, or entrance into the lower pond. -- Tail of the trenches (Fort.), the post where the besiegers begin to break ground, and cover themselves from the fire of the place, in adv…

Any one of several species of large, long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus Totanus.

See Taut. Totten.

Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts. Totten.

a balanced plank, or the like, as children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter- totter. [U. S.] [The bobolink] alit upon the flower, and teetered up and down. H. W. Beecher.

Less properly, phototelegraphy.

ach one of which is used twice. The subject and predicate of a proposition are, after Aristotle, together called its terms or extremes. Sir W. Hamilton.

cal; to apply to divinity; to reduce to a system of theology. School divinity was but Aristotle's philosophy theologized. Glanvill.

The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank. Totten.

yarn in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface. Totten.

Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable. Can any man with comfort lodge in a condition so dismally ticklish Barrow.

rge American Miocene mammal, allied to the rhinoceros, and more nearly to the extinct Brontotherium.

e foremost traders of the northwest. They built substantial houses of cedar adorned with totem poles, and were expert stone carvers and copper workers. Slavery, the potlatch, and the use of immense labrets were characteristic. Many now work in the salmon industry.

To walk with short, tottering steps, as a child.

freight transportation performed by a railroad during a given period, usually a year, the total of which consists of the sum of the products obtained by multiplying the aggregate weight of each shipment in tons during the given period by the number of miles for which it is carried.

Ton miles collectively; esp., the total ton miles performed by a railroad in a given period.