英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
字典
Tourney
(n.)
To perform in tournaments; to tilt.
Tourniquet
(n.)
An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists
essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band
which is tightened by a screw or other means.
Tournois
(n.)
A former French money of account worth 20 sous, or a
franc. It was thus called in distinction from the Paris livre, which
contained 25 sous.
Tournure
(n.)
Turn; contour; figure.
Tournure
(n.)
Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress
below the waist; a bustle.
Tous-les-mois
(n.)
A kind of starch with very large, oval, flattened
grains, often sold as arrowroot, and extensively used for adulterating
cocoa. It is made from the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably
C. edulis, the tubers of which are edible every month in the year.
Touse
(v. t. & i.)
Alt. of Touze
Touse
(n.)
A pulling; a disturbance.
Toused
(imp. & p. p.)
of Touze
Tousel
(v. t.)
Same as Tousle.
Touser
(n.)
One who touses.
Tousing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Touze
Tousle
(v. t.)
To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse.
Tout
(v. i.)
To act as a tout. See 2d Tout.
Tout
(v. i.)
To ply or seek for customers.
Tout
(n.)
One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of
training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in
betting.
Tout
(v. i.)
To toot a horn.
Tout
(n.)
The anus.
Tout-ensemble
(n.)
All together; hence, in costume, the fine arts,
etc., the general effect of a work as a whole, without regard to the
execution of the separate perts.
Touter
(n.)
One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public
conveyance, shops, and the like: hence, an obtrusive candidate for
office.