English English Dictionary

The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance.

of Test

The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.

The operation of refining gold or silver in a test, or cupel; cupellation.

A testicle.

A tester; a sixpence.

A silver coin of Portugal, worth about sixpence sterling, or about eleven cents.

An Italian silver coin. The testoon of Rome is worth 1s. 3d. sterling, or about thirty cents.

of Testa

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tortoise.

Of or pertaining to the shell of a tortoise; resembling a tortoise shell; having the color or markings of a tortoise shell.

An order of reptiles which includes the turtles and tortoises. The body is covered by a shell consisting of an upper or dorsal shell, called the carapace, and a lower or ventral shell, called the plastron, each of which consists of several plates.

Alt. of Testudinated

Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.

Resembling the shell of a tortoise.

of Testudo

A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise (Testudo Graeca) and the gopher of the Southern United States.

A cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from darts, stones, and other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved on wheels.

A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; -- so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.

Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.