T-bar 
T-bar (te'bar), 11. A bar of iron or steel hav- 
ing a cross-section of a form closely resembling 
the letter T. Such bars are much used for 
architectural purposes and in bridge-building. 
T-beard (te'berd), . A peculiar arrangement 
of the beard. 
Strokes his beard, 
Which now he puts i' th' posture of a T, 
The Roman T ; your T beard is in fashion, 
And twifold doth express th' enamoured courtier. 
Fletcher (and another), Queen of Corinth, iv. 1. 
T-bone, Same as ttiu-bone. 
T-branch (te'branch), n. See branch, 2 (e). 
T-bulb (te'bulb), n. A name given to bars or 
beams of iron or steel having a cross-section 
like that of a T-bar, except that the vertical 
flange corresponding to the stem of the T is 
thickened by an ovoid or elliptical reinforce- 
ment, making its cross-section resemble a ver- 
tical section of a bulb with an upwardly ex- 
tending stem attached and filleted to the 
horizontal flanges of the bar or beam. Such 
bars or beams are used in ship-building and 
for other purposes. 
T-cart (te'kart), n. A four-wheeled open phae- 
ton, seated for four passengers : so called from 
its ground-plan resembling the letter T. 
tcha-pan(cha-pan'), . [Chinese.] The slap- 
ping-sticks of the Chinese beggars : a kind of 
Castanet, made of two plates of hard wood, 
seven or eight inches long. 
Tchebyshefflan (cheb-i-shef 'i-an), a. [< Tcheb- 
ysheff (see def.) 4- -a.] Pertaining to the 
Russian mathematician Paf . Tchebysheff, born 
1821 Tchebyshefflan function, the sum of the loga- 
rithms of all prime numbers less than or equal to the 
variable. 
tchernozem, . Another spelling of chernozem. 
tchetwertak, . Same as chetvertak. 
tchibouk (chi-bok'), n. Same as chibouk. 
tchick (chik), n. [Imitative ; the reg. spelling 
would be * chick (cf. chuck 1 ) ; the spelling with 
initial t is to emphasize that sound initially.] 
1. A sound produced by pressing the tongue 
against the roof of the mouth and suddenly 
withdrawing it, used to start or quicken the 
pace of a horse. 
Summing up the whole with a provoking wink, and such 
an interjectional tchick as men quicken a dull horse with, 
Petit Andre drew off to the other side of the path. 
Scott, Quentin Durward, xiv. 
2. An expression of surprise or of contempt. 
tchick (chik), v. i. [< tchick, n.~\ To make a 
sound by or as if by pressing the tongue against 
the roof of the mouth and suddenly withdraw- 
ing it. 
" That thar 's moughty good string," . . . Sterling could 
not refrain from observing, as the stout twine tehicked in 
several pieces under a garden knife. 
Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 32. 
tchincou (ching'ko), n. [Javanese.] A black- 
crested monkey of Java, Xemnopithecus mela- 
Jophus. 
tchouma (cho'ma), n. [A French spelling of 
clt'u ma, < eh'u, a kind of nettle, + ma, hemp.] 
China grass, or ramie, Bcehmeria nivea. 
Tchudi, Tchudic. Other spellings of Chudi, 
Chudic. 
T-cloth (te'kl6th), n. A plain cotton cloth 
manufactured in Great Britain for the India 
and China markets : so called from a large letter 
T stamped on it. 
T-cross (te'kr6s), n. A tau-cross. 
Te. In chem., the symbol for tellurium. 
tea 1 (te), n. [First used in E. about the middle of 
the 17th century, in two forms : (a) tea, thea, tay, 
tey, tee (at first pronounced ta, riming with obey 
(Pope, 1711), pay (Gay, 1720), in accordance with 
the spelling,laterte,1745,etc.); =T?.the= Sp.te, 
formerly tea = It. te = D. G. thee = Sw. Dan. te = 
NGr. ret (NL.iAea), prob., through Malay te, teh, 
< Chinese (Fuhkien dial.) te (pron. ta); (6) cha, 
tcha, chaa, chia, da = Pg. cha = Sp. (esp. Amer. 
Sp.) cha = It. cia = NGr. TOOL = Buss, chat = 
Turk, chay = Ar. tshdi, shdi = Pers. Hind, cha = 
Jap. cha,(. Chinese ch'a, is' a, tea.] 1. A product 
consisting of the prepared leaves of the tea- 
plant (see def. 2), of various kinds and qualities 
depending chiefly on the method of treatment. 
Black tea is manufactured by a process of withering un- 
der the influence of light, heat, and air, rolling, ferment- 
ing, sunning, and firing (heating with charcoal in a sieve) ; 
green tea by a more rapid process without the withering 
and fermenting, and with more firing. Among the chief 
black teas are bohea, congou, souchong, caper-tea, oolong, 
and pekoe; among the green, twankay, hyson skin, young 
hyson, hyson, imperial, and gunpowder. The gunpowder 
is the finest green, the pekoe the finest black, both being 
made from the first pickings flowery pekoe from leaves 
so young as to be still covered with down. A third group 
of teas is known as the scented, generally of poorer quality, 
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flavored with the flowers of the fragrant olive (see Osman- 
thus), of the chulan, and sometimes of the Cape jasmine 
(see Gardenia) and of other plants. This classification 
applies more especially to Chinese teas. Tea became 
known in Europe during the seventeenth century. Among 
western nations the greatest consumers of tea are Great 
Britain, Russia, and the United States. 
2. The tea-plant, Camellia theifera, often named 
Thea Sinensis (or Chinensis). The tea-plant Is a 
shrub from 3 to 6 feet high, with leaves from 4 to 8 Inches 
long and from 1J to 
2$ inches broad, and 
tapering toward 
both ends; the flow- 
ers are white, and 
about 11 inches 
broad. The culti- 
vated plant is of a 
more contracted 
habit, with smaller, 
more obtuse, and 
leathery leaves. 
The plant is known 
to grow wild in up- 
per Assam, the form 
there found having 
sometimes been dis- 
tinguished as Thea 
Assamica, forming, 
with its varieties, 
Assam tea. The 
Assam plant is 
much superior to 
the Chinese, and 
the teas most plant- 
ed are hybrids of the two. The Chinese tea has two varie- 
ties, formerly distinguished as Thea Bohea and T. viridis, 
black and green tea ; but either kind of tea can be made 
from either plant, China is the great seat of tea-culture ; 
but tea is also extensively grown in Japan, having been 
Branch with Flowers of Tea (Camtllia 
tktifera, var. SoAea). 
a, leaf, showing the nervation. 
Branch with Flowers of Tea (Camtllia thei/era, var. viridifi. 
a, leaf, showing the nervation ; *. capsule, showing the loculicidal 
dehiscence ; c , a seed. 
introduced in the reign of Saga Tenno(A.D. 810-23), also in 
India and Java. Promising experiments have been made 
in Madagascar, Natal, Jamaica, etc. In the United States 
it can be grown successfully in the South and in California ; 
but the cost of labor has thus far prevented its economic 
success. 
3. An infusion of the prepared leaves of the tea- 
plant, used as a beverage, in Great Britain and 
America commonly with the addition of a little 
milk or sugar, or both, in continental Europe 
often with a little spirit, in Russia with lemon, 
and in China and neighboring countries with- 
out any admixture. Its action is stimulating and in- 
vigorating, and, owing to the presence of tannin, more or 
less astringent. Its main quality depends upon the al- 
kaloid thein ; the leaf contains also volatile oils, which 
give it its fragrance, and some other substances. Ex- 
cessive use, especially of green tea, affects the nervous 
system unfavorably. While tea contains but trifling nu- 
triment, it is held to retard the waste of the tissues and 
diminish the need of food. 
That excellent and by all physicians approved China 
drink called by the Chineans Tcha, and by other nations 
tay, alias tee, is sold at the Sultana Head Coffee House, 
London. Mercurius PolMcus, Sept. 30, 1658. 
I did send for a cup of tee, a China drink, of which I had 
never drank before. Pepys, Diary, Sept. 28, 1660. 
Tea ! thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid ; 
. . . thou female-tongue-running, smile-smoothing, heart- 
opening, wink-tipping cordial, to whose glorious insipid- 
ity I owe the happiest moment of my life, let me fall pros- 
trate, dibber, Lady's Last Stake, i. 1. 
4. A similar infusion of the leaves, roots, etc., 
of various other plants, used either medicinally 
or as a beverage : generally with a qualifying 
word. See phrases below. 5. The evening 
meal, at which tea is usually served ; also, 
an afternoon entertainment at which tea is 
served: as, a five o'clock tea. See high tea, 
under high. 
After an early tea, the little country-girl strayed into 
the garden. Hawthorne, Seven Gables.vi. 
This is rather a large affair to be talked over between 
you and me after five-o'clock tea, Alicia, over a dying fire. 
Mrs. Oliphant, Poor Gentleman, viii. 
tea 
A Ua in the north country depends for distinction, not 
on its solids or its savouries, but on its sweets. 
Mrs. Humphry Ward, Robert Elsmere, ii. 
6. Urine. Gay, Trivia, ii. 297 Abyssinian tea, 
the leaves of Catha edulis, which are stimulant, antisopo- 
riflc, and antinarcotic, and used by the Arabs to produce 
wakefulness. Algerian tea, the flowers of Paronychia 
argentea and P. capitata (P. nivea), used to make a me- 
dicinal tea in Algiers, thence imported into France and 
considerably used under the name the arafce. Appa- 
lachian tea. See Appalachian and yavpon. Arabian 
tea the Abyssinian or sometimes the Algerian tea. 
Assam tea. See def. 2. - Australian tea. See tea- 
tree. Ayapana tea, a tea made from ayapana, or the 
plant itself. Seeai/apana. Barbarytea. See Lycmm. 
_ BencOOlen tea, Leptoxper'mum(GlaphyrUt} iiitidum, its 
leaves used in infusion by the Malays. Black tea. See 
def i. Blue Mountain tea. Sec Solulago.- Bohea tea. 
See def. 1. Botany Bay tea, SmOaa ylycyphylla. See 
Siutlax Bourbon tea. Same as J'aam tea.- Brazil or 
Brazilian tea. Same as geraao; also, same as mate*. 
Breast tea an infusion composed of althea 8 parts, colts- 
foot-leaves 4 parts, Russian glycyrrhi/a 3 parts, anise 2 
parts, mullen 2 parts, and orris 1 part. Brick tea. See 
tnictt-tea. Broussa tea, Vaccinium Arctostaphylos, used 
at Broussa. Bush tea, the dried leaves and tops of the 
leguminous shrub Cydopia genistvides, which are of a tea- 
like fragrance, and used in infusion at the Cape of Good 
Hope to promote expectoration. Cambric tea, a mix- 
ture of hot milk and water, given to children. Camphor 
tea, a solution made by pouring boiling water on a lump 
of camphor. Canada tea, a decoction of the leaves of 
Gaultheria procumbens. Canary tea, Sida rhomb\folia. 
See Si da. Carolina tea. Same as yaupm. Ceylon 
tea. See Elifodendron. Clumsy tea. See clumsy. 
Coffee or coffee-leaf tea, the leaves of the coffee-plant, 
long used in decoction in the Eastern Archipelago. They 
contain a good amount of caffein, but accompanied by an 
unpleasant senna-like odor. Cold tea, spirituous liquors. 
[Slang.] Congou tea, Seedef. 1, and Congou. -English 
breakfast tea, a name given in the United States to the 
brand of tea known as souchong. Faani or faham tea. 
See faham. Green tea. See def. l. Gunpowder tea. 
See gunpowder, and def. 1, above. Hottentot's tea. See 
Helichrysum Hyson skin tea. See def. 1. Hyson 
tea. See def. i. Imperial tea. See def. i. Jersey 
tea. Same as New Jersey tea. See below. Jesuit's tea. 
(a) See Psoralea. (6) Same as mote*. Kafir tea. Seeffe- 
lichrysum. Labrador tea. See Ledum. lemon-grass 
tea. See lemon-grass. Malay tea. Same as Bencoolen 
tea. See above. Marsh-tea. See Ledum. Mexican 
tea. (a) See Mexican, (b) See Psoralea. Mountain- 
tea. Same as tea-berry. New Jersey tea, a low shrub, 
Ceanothus Ameriamus, of eastern North America. Its 
leaves were used as a substitute for tea during the 
American revolution, and the manufacture has been 
revived in Pennsylvania. See Ceanothus and redroot. 
New Zealand tea, Leptospermum scoparium. See 
tea-tree. Oolong tea. See def. 1. OswegO tea, the 
bee-balm, Monarda didyma, the leaves of which emit a 
pleasant mint-like odor, and are said to possess tonic, 
stomachic, and deobstruent virtues. Pagle tea, an in- 
fusion of the dried flowers of the cowslip, having a nar- 
cotic property, drunk in some counties of England. 
Paraguay tea. Same as 
mate*. Pearl-tea. Same 
&$ gunpowder tea. Seedef.l. 
Pectoral tea, same as 
breast tea. Pekoe tea. See 
def. i.-Phaskomyliatea. 
See apple-bearing sage, un- 
der sage?. Popayan tea, 
Miconia (Melastoma) thee- 
ians. Pu-erh tea, a tea 
forming an article of com- 
merce in China near the 
frontier of Burma, said to 
be used as an aid to diges- 
tion. It appears to be from 
a plant not very different 
from the wild Assam tea- 
plant Sage tea, an infu- 
sion of the common sage, 
used as a mild tonic, astrin- 
gent, and aromatic : before 
the introduction of Chinese 
tea considerably used as a beverage in England. St. Bar- 
tholomew's tea. Same as mate*. St. Germain tea, a 
medicinal mixture composed of alcoholic extract of senna 
16 sambucus flowers 10, anise 5, fennel 5, potassium bitar- 
trate 3 parts. St. Helena tea, a shrubby plant, Franke- 
niaportulacx 'folia, of St. Helena. Saloop tea. Same as 
sassafras tea. Sassafras tea. See sassafras. Scented 
tea, tea which has been scented by intermixture with odor- 
iferous flowers, and again separated by sifting. Sealed 
tea, a kind of coarse tea exported from China. It is pressed 
compactly into sealed packages weighing about three 
pounds each. Souchong tea. See def. 1 and English 
breakfast tea, above. South Sea tea, a misnomer of the 
yau pon. Surinam tea, a plant of the genus Lantana, 
species of which are used as tea. Sweet tea. See 
Smilax, 1. Swiss tea, an infusion of several herbs of 
the genus Achillea, especially A. mosehata, A. atrata, 
A. 710710, and A. nabilis, common in the Swiss Alps. 
Tea family, the order Ternstrcemiaceie, to which the 
tea- plant belongs. Teamster's tea, a name of Ephedra 
ant&yphilitica. Also whorehouse tea. Tea of heaven, 
- 
Paraguay Tea (Ilex Par, 
ertst's) . 
. See Sageretia. . . 
kaytea. Seedef. l. West Indian tea, a shrubby herb, 
Capraria biflora of the Scrophularinese, found in tropical 
America and Africa, also called goatmed and sweetweed. 
Its leaves are considerably used as tea in the West Indies. 
Wild tea the lead-plant, Amorpha canescens. Willow 
tea, the prepared leaves of a species of willow grown in the 
neighborhood of Shanghai, and used as a substitute for tea 
by the poorer classes. Wood tea, a decoction made from 
guaiacum-wood, sassafras, ononis-root, and licorice-root. 
tea 1 (te), 11. [< tea 1 , .] I. intrans. To take 
tea. [Colloq.] 
