Tegumentary
(Teg`u*men"ta*ry) a. [Cf. F. tégumentaire.] Of or pertaining to a tegument or teguments; consisting
of teguments; serving as a tegument or covering.
Te-hee
(Te-hee") n. & interj. A tittering laugh; a titter. "'Te-hee,' quoth she." Chaucer.
Te-hee
(Te-hee"), v. i. To titter; to laugh derisively.
She cried, "Come, come; you must not look grave upon me." Upon this, I te-heed.
Madame D'Arblay. Teil
(Teil) n. [OF. teil, til, L. tilia.] (Bot.) The lime tree, or linden; — called also teil tree.
Teind
(Teind) n. [Cf. Icel. tiund. See Tithe.] A tithe. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Teine
(Teine) n. See Teyne. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Teinland
(Tein"land) n. (O. Eng. Law) Land granted by the crown to a thane or lord. Burrill.
Teinoscope
(Tei"no*scope) n. [Gr. to extend + -scope.] (Physics) An instrument formed by combining
prisms so as to correct the chromatic aberration of the light while linear dimensions of objects seen
through the prisms are increased or diminished; — called also prism telescope. Sir D. Brewster.
Teint
(Teint) n. [F. teint, teinte. See Tint.] Tint; color; tinge, See Tint. [Obs.]
Time shall . . . embrown the teint.
Dryden. Teinture
(Tein"ture) n. [F. See Tincture.] Color; tinge; tincture. [Obs.] Holland.
Tek
(Tek) n. (Zoöl.) A Siberian ibex.
Telamones
(||Tel`a*mo"nes) n. pl. [L., pl. of telamo or telamon, Gr. a bearer, fr. to bear.] (Arch.)
Same as Atlantes.
Telangiectasis
(||Tel*an`gi*ec"ta*sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. end + vessel + extension.] (Med.) Dilatation of
the capillary vessels.
Telangiectasy
(Tel*an`gi*ec"ta*sy) n. (Med.) Telangiectasis.
Telarly
(Te"lar*ly) adv. In a weblike manner. [Obs.] "Telarly interwoven." Sir T. Browne.
Telary
(Te"la*ry) a. [LL. telaris, fr. L. tela a web. See Toil a snare.] Of or pertaining to a web; hence,
spinning webs; retiary. "Pictures of telary spiders." Sir T. Browne.
Teledu
(Tel"e*du) n. (Zoöl.) An East Indian carnivore (Mydaus meliceps) allied to the badger, and noted
for the very offensive odor that it emits, somewhat resembling that of a skunk. It is a native of the high
mountains of Java and Sumatra, and has long, silky fur. Called also stinking badger, and stinkard.
Telegram
(Tel"e*gram) n. [Gr. far + - gram.] A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
"A friend desires us to give notice that he will ask leave, at some convenient time, to introduce a new
word into the vocabulary. It is telegram, instead of telegraphic dispatch, or telegraphic communication."
Albany [N. Y.] Evening Journal
Telegrammic
(Tel`e*gram*mic) a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a telegram; laconic; concise; brief. [R.]
Telegraph
(Tel"e*graph) n. [Gr. far, far off (cf. Lith. toli) + -graph: cf. F. télégraphe. See Graphic.] An
apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points, especially by
