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Be still; hush; -- an exclamation used for checking or rebuking.

Having a projecting under jaw; prognathous. [Obs.] Holland.

A snub nose. [Prov. Eng.]

Work done by the piece, as in nonmetaliferous rock, the amount done being usually reckoned by the fathom. Tomlinson.

One who does tut-work. Tomlinson.

f guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage. The childhood of the European nations was passed under the tutelage of the clergy. Macaulay.

g the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as, tutelary goddesses. This, of all advantages, is the greatest . . . the most tutelary of morals. Landor.

Tutelage. [Obs.] Howell.

Packfong. [Written also tutenague.]

A treasurer; a keeper. "Tutour of your treasure." Piers Plowman.

The office or occupation of a tutor; tutorship; guardianship.

A woman who performs the duties of a tutor; an instructress. E. Moore.

Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.

Tutorship. [R.]

To teach; to instruct. I . . . shall tutorize him some day. J. H. Newman.

The office, duty, or care of a tutor; guardianship; tutelage. Hooker.

Tutorage. [Obs.] Holinshed.

Tutoress. [Obs.] Selden.

A female guardian; a tutoress. [R.] Smollett.

A plant of the genus Hypericum (H. Androsoemum), from which a healing ointment is prepared in Spain; -- called also parkleaves.