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English Idioms :: tether
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tet.html - See: END OF ONE'S ROPE or END OF ONE'S TETHER. |
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Traditional English :: tetanic
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tet.html - adj. of or such as occurs in tetanus. tetanically adv. [L tetanicus f. Gk tetanikos (as TETANUS)] |
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Traditional English :: tetanus
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tet.html - n. 1 a bacterial disease affecting the nervous system and marked by tonic spasm of the voluntary muscles. 2 Physiol. the prolonged contraction of a muscle caused by rapidly repeated stimuli. tetanize v.tr. (also -ise). tetanoid adj. [ME f. L f. Gk tetanos muscular spasm f. teino stretch] |
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Traditional English :: tetany
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tet.html - n. a disease with intermittent muscular spasms caused by malfunction of the parathyroid glands and a consequent deficiency of calcium. [F t] |
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Traditional English :: tetchy
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tet.html - adj. (also techy) (-ier, -iest) peevish, irritable. tetchily adv. tetchiness n. [prob. f. tecche, tache blemish, fault f. OF teche, tache] |
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Traditional English :: téte-béche
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tet.html - adj.
(of a postage stamp) printed upside down or sideways relative to another. [F f. téte head + b÷chevet double bed-head] |
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