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英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Tibiotarsi
(pl. )
of Tibiotarsus
Tibiotarsus
(n.)
The large bone between the femur and tarsometatarsus
in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the proximal part of
the tarsus with the tibia.
Tibrie
(n.)
The pollack.
Tic
(n.)
A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles;
especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face;
twitching; velication; -- called also spasmodic tic.
Tical
(n.)
A bean-shaped coin of Siam, worth about sixty cents; also, a
weight equal to 236 grains troy.
Tical
(n.)
A money of account in China, reckoning at about $1.60; also,
a weight of about four ounces avoirdupois.
Tice
(v. t.)
To entice.
Tice
(n.)
A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in
front of the wicket.
Ticement
(n.)
Enticement.
Tichorrhine
(n.)
A fossil rhinoceros with a vertical bony medial septum
supporting the nose; the hairy rhinoceros.
Tick
(n.)
Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.
Tick
(v. i.)
To go on trust, or credit.
Tick
(v. i.)
To give tick; to trust.
Tick
(n.)
Any one of numerous species of large parasitic mites which
attach themselves to, and suck the blood of, cattle, dogs, and many
other animals. When filled with blood they become ovate, much swollen,
and usually livid red in color. Some of the species often attach
themselves to the human body. The young are active and have at first
but six legs.
Tick
(n.)
Any one of several species of dipterous insects having a
flattened and usually wingless body, as the bird ticks (see under Bird)
and sheep tick (see under Sheep).
Tick
(n.)
The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains
the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling.
Tick
(n.)
Ticking. See Ticking, n.
Tick
(v. i.)
To make a small or repeating noise by beating or
otherwise, as a watch does; to beat.
Tick
(v. i.)
To strike gently; to pat.
Tick
(n.)
A quick, audible beat, as of a clock.