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Tenth. [Obs.] Every tithe soul, 'mongst many thousand. Shak.

is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. Luke xvi. 17. Every tittle of this prophecy is most exactly verified. South.

A weapon. [Obs.] Him that is aghast of every tool. Chaucer.

mollusk or a starfish. In spite of the teeth, in defiance of opposition; in opposition to every effort. -- In the teeth, directly; in direct opposition; in front. "Nor strive with all the tempest in my teeth." Pope. -- To cast in the teeth, to report reproachfully; to taunt or insult one with. -- Tooth and nail, as…

the earth, included between the tropics, over which the sun is vertical at some period of every year, and the heat is always great.

in; a tortuous leaf or corolla. The badger made his dark and tortuous hole on the side of every hill where the copsewood grew thick. Macaulay.

the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably C. edulis, the tubers of which are edible every month in the year.

Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion. As everything of price, so this doth require travail. Hooker.

pection. It contains the lengths of the two sides of a right-angled triangle, usually for every quarter of a degree of angle, and for lengths of the hypothenuse, from 1 to 100. (b) (Railroad) A platform with one or more tracks, and arranged to move laterally on wheels, for shifting cars, etc., from one line of track to…

A sovereign remedy; a cure. [Obs.] Christ which is to every harm treacle. Chaucer .

Threefold; triple. A lofty tower, and strong on every side With treble walls. Dryden.

An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare deducted. M'Culloch.

acter or principles; that which tempts to evil; as, his child's conduct was a sore trial. Every station is exposed to some trials. Rogers.

Of or pertaining to thirty years; consisting of thirty years; occurring once in every thirty years.

Lasting three lays; also, happening every third day. [R.] Blount.

Happening, coming about, or appearing once in every three years; as, triennial elections; a triennial catalogue; a triennial visitation. T. Warton.

Occurring once in every three hours.

for service or use; firm; compact; snug; neat; fair; as, the ship is trim, or trim built; everything about the man is trim; a person is trim when his body is well shaped and firm; his dress is trim when it fits closely to his body, and appears tight and snug; a man or a soldier is trim when he stands erect. With comely…

Of or pertaining to a trimester, or period of three months; occurring once in every three months; quarterly.

rstanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip and stumble. South. Virgil is so exact in every word that none can be changed but for a worse; he pretends sometimes to trip, but it is to make you think him in danger when most secure. Dryden. What dost thou verily trip upon a word R. Browning.