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Traditional English :: tychism
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tyhoid.html - n.
Philos. the theory that chance controls the universe. [Gk tukhe chance] |
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Traditional English :: tycoon
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tyhoid.html - n.
1 a business magnate.
2 hist. a title applied by foreigners to the shogun of Japan 1854-68. [Jap. taikun great lord] |
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Traditional English :: tying
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tyhoid.html - pres. part. of TIE. |
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Traditional English :: tyke
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tyhoid.html - n. (also tike) 1 esp. Brit. an unpleasant or coarse man. 2 a mongrel. 3 a small child. 4 Brit. sl. a Yorkshireman. 5 Austral. & NZ sl. offens. a Roman Catholic. [ME f. ON tÂk bitch: sense 5 assim. from TAIG] |
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Traditional English :: tylopod
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tyhoid.html - n. & adj. Zool. --n. any animal that bears its weight on the sole-pads of the feet rather than on the hoofs, esp. the camel. --adj. (of an animal) bearing its weight in this way. tylopodous adj. [Gk tulos knob or tule callus, cushion + pous podos foot] |
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Traditional English :: tympan
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tyhoid.html - n. 1 Printing an appliance in a printing-press used to equalize pressure between the platen etc. and a printing-sheet. 2 Archit. = TYMPANUM. [F tympan or L tympanum: see TYMPANUM] |
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