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flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted.

A compound of thymol analogous to a salt; as, sodium thymate.

t ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water- tight; air-tight.

Furnished with timber; -- often compounded; as, a well-timbered house; a low-timbered house. L'Estrange.

flective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4.

Crude native borax, formerly imported from Thibet. It was once the chief source of boric compounds. Cf. Borax.

ining to titanium; derived from, or containing, titanium; specifically, designating those compounds of titanium in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with the titanous compounds. Titanic acid (Chem.), a white amorphous powder, Ti.(OH)4, obtained by decomposing certain titanates; -- called also normal titanic a…

A combining form (also used adjectively) designating certain double compounds of titanium with some other elements; as, titano- cyanide, titano-fluoride, titano-silicate, etc.

Designating certain compounds of titanium in which that element has a lower valence as contrasted with titanic compounds.

oard of officers appointed by the government for arranging propositions for commuting, or compounding for, tithes. [Eng.] Simmonds.

The separation of the parts of a compound word by the intervention of one or more words; as, in what place soever, for whatsoever place.

An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See these words in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, under All, adv.

The hydrocarbon radical, CH3.C6H4, regarded as characteristic of certain compounds of the aromatic series related to toluene; as, tolyl carbinol.

An explosive compound; a preparation of gun cotton.

A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis;-hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr.

(Law), a jury that tries cases; a petit jury. -- Traverse sailing (Naut.), a sailing by compound courses; the method or process of finding the resulting course and distance from a series of different shorter courses and distances actually passed over by a ship. -- Traverse table. (a) (Naut. & Surv.) A table by means…

ch was formerly used as an ingredient in Venice treacle, or theriac. -- Treacle water, a compound cordial prepared in different ways from a variety of ingredients, as hartshorn, roots of various plants, flowers, juices of plants, wines, etc., distilled or digested with Venice treacle. It was formerly regarded as a med…

A compound crystal, consisting of three individuals.

6, isomeric with propylene and obtained from it indirectly. It is the base of a series of compounds analogous to the aromatic hydrocarbons.

A compound similar to sulphonal, used as a hypnotic in medicine.