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834 words match “TUN”

THUNNY n.
The tunny. [R.]
THWART v.
to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat. If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. Shak. The proposals of the one never thwarted the inclinations of the other. South.
TIDE n.
current. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Shak.
TIME n.
A proper time; a season; an opportunity. There is . . . a time to every purpose. Eccl. iii. 1. The time of figs was not yet. Mark xi. 13.
TIMELINESS n.
The quality or state of being timely; seasonableness; opportuneness.
TO prep.
ion as far as; as, they met us to the number of three hundred. We ready are to try our fortunes To the last man. Shak. Few of the Esquimaux can count to ten. Quant. Rev.
TOMATO n.
The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family (Lycopersicum esculentun); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is called also love apple, is usually of a rounded, flattened form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked. Tomato gall (Zoöl.), a large…
TON n.
The common tunny, or house mackerel.
TONE n. 2 definitions
A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones.
TONNE n.
A tun. [Obs.] Chaucer.
TOPLESS a.
e fop; hence, fig.: very lofty; supreme; unequaled. " The topless Apennines." "Topless fortunes." Beau. & Fl.
TORMENT v.
To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances. [Colloq.]
TORMENTRESS n.
A woman who torments. Fortune ordinarily cometh after to whip and punish them, as the scourge and tormentress of glory and honor. Holland.
TORTUOUS a.
ac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely. [Obs.] Skeat. Infortunate ascendent tortuous. Chaucer. --Tor"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Tor"tu*ous*ness, n.
TOUCH v.
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.
TOWN n.
; in summer, in the country. Always hankering after the diversions of the town. Addison. Stunned with his giddy larum half the town. Pope.
TRANSLATE v.
another form; to transform. Happy is your grace, That can translatethe stubbornness of fortune Into so quiet and so sweet a style. Shak.
TREASURE n.
lth accumulated; especially, a stock, or store of money in reserve. This treasure hath fortune unto us given. Chaucer.
TRESPASS v.
To go too far; to put any one to inconvenience by demand or importunity; to intrude; as, to trespass upon the time or patience of another.
TRICE n.
rase in a trice. "With a trice." Turbervile. " On a trice." Shak. A man shall make his fortune in a trice. Young.
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