Chapter Twig to Tyrtæus of T by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Two Strings to his Bow (He has). He is provided against contingencies; if one business or adventure should fail, he has another in reserve; two sweethearts; two devices, etc.
   Latin: “Duabus anchoris nititur” (i.e. “He is doubly moored”), or “Duabus anchoris sis fultus.”
   Greek: “E.”
   French: “Il a deux cordes a son arc.”
   Italian: “Navigar per piu venti.”

Two of a Trade never agree The French say, Fin contre fin n'est bon à faire doublure- i.e. Two materials of the same nature never unite well together.

“Een a beggar sees with woe
A beggar to the house-door go.”

   Greek: “Kai ptohos ptoho phthonei.” (Hesiod.
   Latin: “Etiam mendicus mendico invidit.” “Figulus figulo invidet, faber fabro” (“Potter envies potter, and smith smith”).

Twopenny Dam (A). A dám was an Indian coin and weight. Originally a gold mohur contained sixteen dáms; a punchee was = the quarter of a dam, and a bárahgáni = half a punchee. Putting this in a tabular form, it would be thus:-
   2 bárahgánis = 1 punchee.
   4 punchees = 1 dam (worth in its diminished value about 2 pence).
   16 dams = 1 gold mohur.

Tybalt A Capulet; a “fiery” young noble. (Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet.)
   It is the name given to the cat in the story of Reynard the Fox. Hence Mercutio says, “Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk?” (iii. 1); and again, when Tybalt asks, “What wouldst thou have with me?” Mercutio answers, “Good king of cats! nothing but one of your nine lives” (iii. 1).

Tyburn is Twa-burne, the “two rivulets;” so called because two small rivers met in this locality.
   Tyburn's triple tree. A gallows, which consists of two uprights and a beam resting on them. Previous to 1783 Tyburn was the chief place of execution in London, and a gallows was permanently erected there. In the reign of Henry VIII. the average number of persons executed annually in England was 2,000. The present number is under twelve.
   Kings of Tyburn. Public executioners. (See Hangmen.)

Tyburn Ticket Under a statute of William III. prosecutors who had secured a capital conviction against a criminal were exempted from all parish and ward offices within the parish in which the felony had been committed. Such persons obtained a Tyburn Ticket, which was duly enrolled and might be sold. The Stamford Mercury (March 27th, 1818) announces the sale of one of these tickets for 280. The Act was repealed by 58 Geo. III., c. 70.

Tyburnia (London). Portman and Grosvenor Squares district, described by Thackeray as “the elegant, the prosperous, the polite Tyburnia, the most respectable district of the habitable globe.”

T'Year - i.e. to-year; as, to-day, to-night, to-morrow. (Anglo-Saxon, to-doege, to-geare.)

Tyke (See Tike .)

Tyler Insurrection Wat Tyler's insurrection. An insurrection headed by Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, in consequence of a poll-tax of three groats to defray the expenses of a war with France. (1381.)

Tylwyth Teg [the Fair Family ], A sort of Kobold family, but not of diminutive size. They lived in the lako near Brecknock. (Davies: Mythology, etc., of the British Druids.)

Type Piea (large type), litera picata, the great black letter at the beginning of some new order in the liturgy.
   Brevier' (small type), used in printing the breviary.
   Primer, now called “long primer,” (small type), used in printing small prayer-books called primers.
   A fount of types. A complete assortment contains 1,117,000 pieces of type.

a	8,500	h	6,400	o	8,000	v	1,200
b	1,600	i	8,000	p	1,700	w	2,000
c	3,000	j	400	q	500	x	400
d	4,100	k	800	r	6,200	y	2,000
e	12,000	l	4,000	s	8,000	z	200
f	2,500	m	3,000	t	9,000	,4,500	;800
g	1,700	n	8,000	u	3,400	.2,000	;600