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The grivet.

Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss. " Total darkness." "To undergo myself the total crime." Milton. Total abstinence. See Abstinence, n., 1. -- Total depravity. (Theol.) See Original sin, under Original.

The total.

Same as Totalizator.

The quality or state of being total; as, the totality of an eclipse.

Act of totalizing, or state of being totalized.

ber and nature of bets made on horse races, as in Australia and South Africa. Called also totalizer.

To make total, or complete;to reduce to completeness. Coleridge.

Same as Totalizator.

In a total manner; wholly; entirely.

The quality or state of being total; entireness; totality.

A coniferous tree (Podocarpus totara), next to the kauri the most valuable timber tree of New Zeland. Its hard reddish wood is used for furniture and building, esp. in wharves, bridges, etc. Also mahogany pine.

The arrangement of bristles on an insect.

such influence. If the migration is toward the source of light, it is termed positive phototaxis; if away from the light, negative phototaxis. --Pho`to*tac"tic (#), a. --Pho`to*tac"tic*al*ly, adv.

Entire; total. [Colloq.]

One pledged to entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks.

The principle or practice of entire abstinence, esp. from intoxicating drinks.

Entirely; totally. [Colloq.]

The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. The abandonment of the independence of Europe. Burke.

ies. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence. The abstinence from a present pleasure that offers itself is a pain, nay, oftentimes, a very great one. Locke.