English English Dictionary

The tuyere of a furnace.

The lapwing; -- called also teewheep.

of Tew

To beat; to break, as flax or hemp.

A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc.

A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary.

The four Gospels, by way of distinction or eminence.

A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.

Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.

A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a kind of type used in printing; as, German text.

To write in large characters, as in text hand.

A book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for notes.

A volume, as of some classical author, on which a teacher lectures or comments; hence, any manual of instruction; a schoolbook.

A large hand in writing; -- so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book in a large hand and the notes in a smaller hand.

Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.

That which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving.

One ready in quoting texts.

of Textman

Of or pertaining to weaving.

Of or pertaining to weaving, textorial; as, the textrine art.