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A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people were flexible, or had rims turned over.

A bean-shaped coin of Siam, worth about sixty cents; also, a weight equal to 236 grains troy. Malcom.

y white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also royal tiger, and Bengal tiger.

efinite event occurred, or person lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; -- often in the plural; as, ancient times; modern times.

Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration of Ship.

An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up. Specifically: --

A small fast vessel for pursuing and destroying torpedo boats.

called the Whig, and is now called the Liberal, party; an earnest supporter of exsisting royal and ecclesiastical authority.

To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver. Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. Dryden.

To perform, as a tune; to play. A person is the royal retinue touched a light and lively air on the flageolet. Sir W. Scott.

To bring, as any term of an equation, from one side over to the other, without destroying the equation; thus, if a + b = c, and we make a = c - b, then b is said to be transposed.

The bringing of any term of an equation from one side over to the other without destroying the equation.

The third tine above the base of a stag's antler; the royal antler.

Hindoo gods, consisting of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer. [Spelled also Trimurtti.]

its cable or buoy rope. Tripping line (Naut.), a small rope attached to the topgallant or royal yard, used to trip the yard, and in lowering it to the deck; also, a line used in letting go the anchor. Luce.

Pertaining to Troy; Trojan. Gladstone.

Of or pertaining to ancient Troy or its inhabitants. -- n.

By troops; in crowds. [Obs.] So, troopmeal, Troy pursued a while, laying on with swords and darts. Chapman.

A viceroy or governor-general, the highest provincial official in China, with civil and military authority over one or more provinces.

Of or pertaining to a royal line of England, descended from Owen Tudor of Wales, who married the widowed queen of Henry V. The first reigning Tudor was Henry VII.; the last, Elizabeth. Tudor style (Arch.), the latest development of Gothic architecture in England, under the Tudors, characterized by flat four-centered ar…