tegh 
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Old spellings of taint 1 , tnint- 
tegmen 
[Al 
cover 
covering ; .. 
gan ; a tectorium ; an integument ; a tegmen- 
tum. 2. In bot., the endopleura, or inner coat, 
of the seed. It is soft and delicate, and con- 
Iwntav-c; tegument + -ary^ Of or pertaining 
to integument; composing or consisting of skin w set, * I 
or other covering or investing part or structure 
tmtn, 1. 1417. 
To weigh anchor; 
set sail. 
Into see thay went, the sayl vp gan reise, 
To cipresse contre ther shippes gan teise. 
Rm. ofParteiiay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1295. 
Teius (te'us), n. [NL.] The typical genus of 
Teiidse. See teguexin. Also Tejiis. 
'i-miis), 17. [< Gr. TFKVIW, 
uie wiug ui tain, i < L ~ J e ,{~ mentary epithelium. Same as cjrcrtei 
Inret,theropf of the tympanic cavity of the tmentlim ( teg -u-mcn'tum), B. ; pi. tcgu- 
ear, especially in early stages of 11 s formation : mentll ( _ t -^_ Same ' as tegmentum. leiuuiuyumua^^-^^ .,,... ^ **..*, 
also distinguished as tegmen tympam.t>. i IB teliee (te'h'e'), interj. [< ME. te hee; imitative.] c hild, + ovoua, bvvua, name.] Pertaining to or 
covering of the posterior wing of some insects ; A wo ; d expr <! ss i, lg a i aug h. 
especially, the fore wing of any orthopterous * to 
insect, corresponding to the elytrum of a beetle 
or the hemielytrum of a bug. . , 
tegmental (teg'men-tal), a. [< tcgment(tim) + " 
-a/.] Pertaining to the tegmentum Tegmen- 
tal nucleus Same as red nucleus (which see, under 
nucleus).- Tegmental region, the tegmentum of the 
Chaucer, Miller's Tale, 1. 554. 
[< tehee, inter].] A laugh: 
from the sound. 
Did you chide me for not putting a stronger lace in 
your stays, when you had broke one as strong as a hempen 
characterized by teknonymy. 
Let us now turn to another custom, not less quaint- 
seeming than the last to the European mind. This is the 
practice of naming the parent from the child. . . . There 
are above thirty peoples spread over the earth who thus 
name the father, and, though less often, the mother. 
They may be called, coining a name for them, teknony- 
mows peoples. Jour. Anthrop. Inxt., XVIII. 248. 
tekn<it/i-<nix 
parent from his or 
ganglion-cell! 
tegmentum (teg-men'tum), . ; pi. tegmenta 
(-ta). [Also tegumentum; NL., < L. tegmen- 
the scales of such covering. 2. In anat., the 
larger and deeper or upper of two parts into 
which each crus cerebri is divisible, separated 
from the crusta by the substantia nigra Nu- 
cleus of the tegmentum (nucleus tegmentij. Same as 
red nucleus (which see, under nucleus). 
tegmina. n. Plural of tegmen. 
tegminal (teg'mi-nal), a. [< NL. tegminalis, < 
tegmen (tegmin-), a covering: see tegmen.'] Cov- 
ering or protecting, as a tegmen ; tectorial ; 
tegumentary. 
tegminalia (teg-mi-na'li-a), n.pl. [NL., neut. 
arranged plates of the body or calyx of the tes- 
sellated crinoids. 
teguexin (te-gek'sin), n. [Braz.] A large 
South American lizard of the genus Teius, T. 
teguexin. It attains a length of three or four feet, and 
is marked with yellow and black. T. rufescem is the red 
teguexin. See Teiidfe. 
tegula (teg'u-la), n.; pi. tegulse (-le). [NL., < 
L. tegula, a tile, a roofing-tile, < tegere, cover, 
conceal: see tect, tile 1 .] Inentom.: (a) Asclerite 
attached to the lateral border of the mesoscu- 
tum and covering the base of the fore wing, as 
in hymenopterous insects. (See pterygoda and 
operculum (b) (S).) A similar formation of lepi- 
dopterous insects is known as the patagium, 
scapula, or shoulder-tippet, (b) A little mem- 
That laughed and tee-he'd with derision 
To see them take your deposition. 
S. Butler, Hudibras, III. iii. 133. 
Teius, < Teas, < Gr. 
Of or pertaining 
to Teos, an ancient Greek city of Ionia, Asia Mi- 
nor: especially referring to the poet Anacreon, 
who was born there. 
The Scian and the Teian muse, 
The hero's harp, the lover's lute, 
Have found the fame your shores refuse. 
Byron, Don Juan, iii. 86 (song). 
Te Igitur (te ij'i-ter). [So called from the first 
words of the canon : L. te (= E. thee), ace. sing, 
of pers. pron. tu, thou (= E. thou); igitur, there- 
fore.] The first paragraph of the eucharistic 
canon in the Eoman and some other Latin lit- 
urgies. It immediately succeeds the preface, 
and contains a prayer for the church. 
Teiidae (te'i-de), n. pi. [NL. , < Teius + -idee.'] A 
family of eriglossate lacertilians, typified by the 
genus Teius, having confluent parietal bones, 
supratemporal fogsse not tegmented or roofed 
,->,MM in-. uuwuiii, here. called teknonymy, or naming the 
parent from the child, prevails among more than thirty 
peoples. Athenseum, No. 3188, p. 740. 
el (tel), n. Sesame. See til. 
,ela (te'la), .; pi. telee (-le). [NL., < L. tela, 
web, warp: see toil 2 .'] 1. A web; arete. 2. 
In anat.: (a) A tissue, in general; any tissue 
of the body, or histological structure, as distin- 
guished from the structures or organs of gross 
anatomy : extended to include liquids contain- 
ing corpuscles: as, tela adiposa, fatty tissue; 
tela connectiva, connective tissue; tela lymphat- 
ica, liquid contents of the body-cavity and lym- 
phatic vessels. Haeckel. (b) A delicate mem- 
branous web or thin sheet of scarcely nervous 
tissue found in the brain in connection with its 
cavities, consisting both of pia mater and of en- 
dyma, with little or no nerve-tissue intervening. 
Tela aranea. Same as spider-web. Tela cellulosa, 
areolar tissue. Tela clioroidea cerebelli, the membra- 
nous roof of the lower section of the fourth ventricle, con- 
tinuous above with the velum medullare posterius. Also 
called tela choroidea inferior ventriculi quarti. Tela cho- 
roidea superior, the velum interpositum, or membra- 
nous roof of the third ventricle. Also called velum trian- 
gulare. 
over, and no osteodermal plates. These lizards . 
are confined to America, and some of them are called te- telsesthesia (tel-es-the'si-a),. [NL.,< Gr. T^/le, 
guexins. The family is also named Ameividee. MtoTei- a far, + aio^mf, perception.] Perception at a 
. [Formerly also teile; < OF. teil, teill, 
til, F. iille. < L. tilia, a linden. Cf. dim. teylet, 
fillet.'] 1. The linden or lime-tree. 
From purple violets and the teile they bring 
Their gather'd sweets, and rifle all the spring. 
Addison, tr. of Virgil's Georgics, iv. 233. 
2. The terebinth. 
As a teil tree [terebinth, R. V. ], and as an oak. Isa. vi. 13. 
brane covering the metathoracic spiracle of teind ( tnd ) . r< Ice i. t iund, a tenth, a tithe: 
dipterous insects: also called squama, prehalter, gee tnOi,lfa.] In Scotland, a tithe. 
and covering-scale. 
tegular (teg'u-lar), a. [= F. tegulaire, < L. 
tegula, a tile: 'see tegula, tile.'] 1. Of or per- 
taining to a tile; resembling a tile; consist- 
ing of tiles. 2. In entom., covering, as a scle- 
rite, the base of an insect's wing; of or per- 
taining to a tegula. 
tegularly (teg'u-lar-li), adv. In the manner of 
tiles on a roof. 
tegulated (teg'u-la-ted), a. [< L. tegula, a tile, 
+ -ate 1 + -ed' 2 .] Composed of plates or scales 
overlapping like tiles: used specifically of a 
type of armor Tegulated armor, armor made of 
overlapping plates sewed to a foundation of textile fabric 
or leather. During the years immediately preceding the 
perfected armor of plate this was the armor adopted as the 
best by those who could afford the expense. 
tegumen (teg'u-men), .; pi. tegumina (te-gu'- 
mi-na). [NL.: see tegmen."} Same as tegmen. 
tegument (teg'u-ment), n. [ME. tegument, < 
OF. tegument, F. tegument = Sp. Pg. tegumento, 
< L. tegumentum, tegimentum, tegmentum, < te- 
It is paid 
from the produce of land or cattle only. After the Refor- 
mation the whole teinds of Scotland were transferred to 
(tel'a-mon), n.; , 
mo'nez). [< "L. telamon, telamo, < Gr. re'Xafi.&v, 
bearer, < T^jjvai, bear.] In arch., the figure of 
a man performing the function of a column or 
pilaster to support an entablature, in the same 
manner as a caryatid. They were called at- 
lantes by the Greeks. See atlantes. 
telangiectasia (te-lan"ji-ek-ta'si-a), n. [NL., 
also telangiectasis, < Gr. ri'/.of , the end, + ayyeiw, 
vessel, + luTaaif, extension.] In med., a dila- 
tation of the small vessels. 
lllctl/lUil H1C W11UIC ICIIIUB Ul 13l;ULliHlU WG1G I 1 itl I -I ' I I ' ' I n, _ A /, 1 .. 1 /I- ' \ mTT 
the crown, or to private individuals called titulars, to telangiectasis (te-lan-ji-ek'ta-sis), n. [NL.: 
whom they had been granted by the crown, or to fenars see telangiectasia.'] Same as telangiectasia. 
or renters from the church, or to the original founding telangiectasy (te-lan-ji-ek'ta-si), li. [< NL. te- 
patrons, or to colleges or pious institutions. By a sue- / "=*,.; "~f qp L telnnaieelniin 
cession of decrees and enactments these tithes were gen- Mngiectasta.] bame as Mangiu iat,ia. _ 
erally rendered redeemable at a fixed valuation, but the telanglCCtatlC (te-lan'ji-ek-tat ik), a. Pertam- 
clergy have now no right to the teinds beyond a suitable ing to or exhibiting telangiectasia. 
provision, called a stipend: so that teinds may now be de- + a in n nin* t An n>inlpf-o fm-m nf ttiltinnh) 
scribed as that part ot the estates of the laity which is telapomt, . An llapom. 
liable to be assessed for the stipend of the clergy of the Imp. Uict. 
telar 1 (te'lar), a. [< tela + -a-3.] Having the 
character of a tela, web, or tissue ; telary : as, 
the telar membranes of the brain. See tela. 
telar 2 t, An obsolete form of tiller 2 . Arch. 
Jour., XIX. 71. 
Court of Teinds (in full, Court of Lords Commissioners telarian (te-la'ri-an), a. and . [< telary + -.] 
for Teinds), a court in Scotland consisting of five judges I. a. Spinning a web, as a spider. See retite- 
of the Court of Session (four lords of the inner house and J ar j a> , tubitelarian, orbitelarian. 
the lord ordmaiy on teinds), who sit as a parliamentary TT ' . :.,:-,' sr ,i ( i PT , 
commission, with jurisdiction extending to all matters re- , "; n - A spinning spiaer. 
specting valuations and sales of teinds, augmentations of telarlyt (te'liir-li), adv. [< telar (cf. Mary) -r 
stipends, the disjunction or annexation of parishes, etc. -fy 2 .] In the manner of or so as to make a web 
Decree of valuation of teinds. See decree. O J. tela . &s "telarly interwoven," Sir T. Browne. 
established church. 
At every seven years 
They pay the teind to hell ; 
And I am sae fat and fair of flesh, 
I fear 'twill be mysell. 
The Young Tamlane (Child's Ballads, I. 120). 
Over ther thai stonde 
A tegument of brom or such extende 
Hem fro tempest and coldes to defende. 
P^aA,Husbondr,e(E.E.T.S.),p.218. 
Specifically (a) In zool. and anat., skin; the general cover- 
teinOSCOpe (ti'no-skop), n. [< Gr. reiveiv (see 
tend 1 ), stretch, extend, + ovcoTTfiv, view.] An 
optical instrument invented by Sir David 
The picturerof teinrv spiders, and their position in the 
we b, iscommonlymad'elateral,andregardingtheliorizon. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., v. 19. (fiichardson.) 
B rewster, consisting of two prisms so com- telautograph (te-la'to-graf), n. [< Gr. 
biued as to correct the chromatic aberration, a f ar + avr6c self + ^'nadeiv write 1 The 
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ei u, c ,,uuii, 01 01 uionLcrous maecis the dimen sions of objects seen through g i ven by Elisha Gray to his form of writing- or 
apparently by confusion with tegmen, a'. tnem are increased or decreased in the plane copying-telegraph. This telegraph can be used to 
crust, or chitinous integument, of the of refraction. Amici's prism-telescope consists of two reproduce in facsimile either the handwriting of the 
an erroneous use, 
(2) Properly, the = , 
body, as distinguished from the hairs, scales, etc., which 
may grow upon it. 
such teinoscopes arranged consecutively, with their planes 
of refraction perpendicular to each other. 
pel-son sending the message, or any picture or drawing 
which can be made with a pen. The transmitting-pen is 
