testimony 
Thou shall put into the ark the tntimmy which I shall 
give thec. Ex. xxv. 16. 
Immediate, indirect, mediate testimony. BM HP 
adjectives.- Perpetuation of testimony. *<< txrpet- 
uatiun. - Tables of the testimony. *< > tnUf.- Testi- 
mony Of diSOWnment, an official dOOUMat ismuM hy 
tlK'inontlily meeting of the. Socli-ty of ! i irml* t<i anmnniri 
the expulsion of a member of the meeting. =8yn. 2. Depo- 
Bltlon, atteBtatlon. 1, 2, and 4. Proof, etc. See evidence. 
testimony! (tes'ti-mo-ni), v. t. [< testimony, n.] 
To witness. 
Let him bo but testimonied in bis own hringings-forth, 
and he shall appear to the envious a scholar, a statesman, 
and a soldier. Shale., M. for M., 111. 2. 153. 
testiness (tes'ti-nes), n. The state or charac- 
ter of being testy; irascibility; petulance. 
Macrobius saith there is much difference betwixt ire 
and kgttiiexse : bycanse ire groweth of an occasion, and 
tfstinesse of euil condition. 
Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1677X P. 114. 
testing-box (tes'ting-boks), n. Same as test- 
box. 
testing-clause (tes'ting-klftz), . In Scots laic, 
the clause in a formal written deed or instru- 
ment by which it is authenticated according 
to the forms of law. It is essentially a statement of 
the name and designation of the writer, the number of 
pages in the deed, the names and designations of the wit- 
nesses, the name and designation of the person who penned 
the deed, and the date and place of signing. 
testing-gage (tes'ting-gaj), . A gage for as- 
certaining pressure, as of gas in a soda-water 
bottle, etc. E. B. Knight. 
testing-hole (tes'ting-hol), n. In the steel- 
cementation process, same as tap-hole (c). 
testing-slab (tes'ting-slab), n. A plate of white 
glazed porcelain having cup-shaped depres- 
sions, for the examination of liquids which give 
colored precipitates. 
testis (tes'tis), n.; pi. testes (-tez). [L.] 1. A 
testicle. 2. Some rounded formation likened 
to a testicle : as, the testes of the brain Aberrant 
duct of the testis. See aberrant. Mediastinum tes- 
tls. HeettwrfiatfmMw. Pia mater testis. Same as (u- 
nica easculota. Testis cerebri(the testicle of the brain), 
the postopticua; one of the posterior pair of the optic 
lobes or corpora quadrigemlna. See quadrigeminout, 2. 
Testis mullebris, a woman's testicle that is, the ovary. 
Galen. 
test-meal (test'mel), n. A meal of definite 
quantity and quality given with a view to ex- 
amining the contents of the stomach at a later 
hour, and thus determining the normal or ab- 
normal condition of the gastric functions. 
test-meter (test'me'ter), n. An apparatus for 
testing the consumption of gas by burners. 
test-mixer (test'mik'ser), n. A tall cylindrical 
bottle of clear glass, with a wide foot and a 
stopper. It is graduated from the bottom up into equal 
parts, and is used for the preparation and dilution of test- 
alkalis, test-acids, etc. E. II. Knight. 
testo (tes'to), . [It., = E. text.} In music, 
same as (a) theme or subject, or as (6) text or 
libretto. 
test-object (test'ob'jekt), n. In micros., a 
minute object, generally organic, whereby the 
excellence of an objective, more particularly 
as to defining and resolving power, may be 
tested, only superior objectives being capable 
of showing such objects, or of enabling their 
markings or peculiar structure to be clearly 
seen. The muscular fibers of the Mammalia, parti of 
the eye of Ashes, scales of the wings of insects, and the 
shells or frustules of the Diatonuuxce are very generally 
employed. See test-plate. 
testont (tes'ton), n. [< OF. (and F.) Sp. tes- 
ton (= It. testone), a coin, so called from hav- 
ing the figure of a head, < teste, head : see 
testf. Cf. testers.] 1. A silver coin of Louis 
XII. of France. 2. A name given both offi- 
cially and popularly to the shilling coined by 
Henry VIII., from its resemblance in appear- 
ance and value to the French coin. The value 
of the coin was reduced later to sixpence. Also 
testoon. 
Threepence; and here 's a teston; yet take all. 
Middletan, Blurt, Master-Constable, II. 2. 
The book he had it out of cost him a teston at least. 
B. Joneon, Every Man in his Humour, Ir. 1. 
testone (tes-to'ne), . [< It. testone: see tes- 
tnii.] A silver coin worth about 1*. 4d. (32 
United States cents), formerly current in Italy. 
testoont, M. Same as teston. Cotgrave. 
testornt (tes'torn), . Same as tester*. 
test-paper (test'pa'per), M. 1. In chem., a pa- 
per impregnated with a chemical reagent, as 
litmus, and used for detecting the presence of 
certain substances, which cause a reaction and 
a change in the color of the paper. 2. In law, 
a document allowed to be used in a court of 
justice as a standard of comparison for deter- 
mining a question of handwriting. [U. S.] 
6263 
test-plate (test'plat), w. 1. A glass plate with 
a bund, or usually a series of bands, of VIMV 
finely ruled lines, used in testing the resolving 
power of microscopic objectives, particularly 
of high powers. The best known are those ruled by 
Nobcrt (hence called Jfoberti platei); one of these, the 18- 
band plate, has a series of 19 bands, ruled at rate* varying 
from 11,300 to 112,000 lines to the Inch. The linest band 
of another plate is ruled at the rate of about 200,000 lines 
to the Inch. Moller's test-plate has a series of 20 or more 
test dlatom-frustules with very fine striations, In some 
cases running up to nearly 100,000 per Inch. 
2. In ceram., a piece of pottery upon which the 
vitrifiable colors are tried before being used 
on the pieces to be decorated, usually a plate 
with the different colors painted on its rim. 
test-pump (test 'pump), n. A force-pump used 
for testing the strength or tightness of metal 
cylinders, etc. It has a pressure-gage attached to Us 
discharge-pipe, means for connecting the latter with the 
pipe, etc., to be tested, a check-valve or cock for prevent- 
ing regurgitation through the discharge-pipe, and gener- 
ally also a cistern of moderate capacity for holding a sup- 
ply of water for the pump-barrel, In which Utter works 
^ ' 
ox? 
a solid plunger operated uy a hand-lever. The pump 
supplied with lifting-handles or with wheels for moving 
it easily about to any position In a ihop. 
testrilt (tes'tril), n. Same as tester^. 
Sir Toby. Come on ; there is sixpence for you ; let ' have 
a song. 
Sir Andrew. There 's a tettril of me, too. 
SAat., T. N., a S. 34. 
test-ring (test'ring), . See tesfl. 
test-spoon (test'spon), M. A small spoon with 
a spatula-shaped handle, used for taking up 
small portions of flux, powder, etc., as in chem- 
ical experiments. E. H. Knight. 
test-tube (test'tub), n. 1. A cylinder of thin 
glass closed at one end, 
used in testing liquids. 
2. A chlorometer. 
Test-tube culture. See ctrf- 
ture. 
test-types (test'tips), n. 
pi. Letters or words 
printed in type of dif- 
ferent sizes, used to de- 
termine the acuteness of 
vision. 
testudinal (tes-tu'di- 
nal), a. [< L. testudo 
(-din-), a tortoise (see 
testudo), + -al.] Pertaining to or resembling 
a tortoise. 
Testudinaria (tes-tu-di-na'ri-S), n. [NL. (Salis- 
bury, 1824), < L. testudo (-din-), a tortoise, + 
-aria.] A genus of monocotyledonous plants, 
of the order Dioscoreaceee. It Is distinguished from 
Diotcorea by its downwardly winged seeds and its large 
hemispherical tessellated tuber or rootstock, which Is ei- 
ther fleshy and solid or woody, and rises above the ground, 
forming a globular mass sometimes 4 feet in diameter, its 
outer woody or corky substance becoming cracked Into 
large angular protuberances resembling the shell of a 
tortoise. (See tortoise-plant. ) The 2 species are natives of 
South Africa. They are lofty climbers with slender twin- 
ing stems, alternate leaves, and small racemose flowers, 
which are dioecious and spreading or broadly bell-shaped. 
with a three-celled ovary becoming in fruit a three-winged 
capsule. They are known as elephant' s-joot and as Hottm- 
tott-bread. 
testudinarious (tes-tu-di-na'ri-us), a. Resem- 
bling tortoise-shell in color; mottled with red, 
yellow, and black, like tortoise-shell. 
f estudinata (tes-tu-di-na'tS), n.pl. [NL. (Op- 
pel, 1811), neut. pi. of L. testudinatus: see testu- 
dinate.] 1 . An order of Beptilia, having tooth- 
less jaws fashioned like the beak of a bird, 
two pairs of limbs fitted for walking or swim- 
ming, and the body incased in a bony box or 
leathery shell, consisting of a carapace and a 
plastron, to the formation of which the ribs and 
- 
testudo 
All the cranial bones are united by sutures, excepting the 
articulation of the lower jaw. The pelvis consUta as usual 
of Ilium, Ischluni, and publs, hut It has a peculiar shape, 
and is generally discrete from the sacrum. The penis Is 
single and intraoloacal, and the anus Is a longitudinal ch-ft. 
Also called Chrlmiia. See also cuts under Atpidonrctes, 
carapace, CMunia, Chelunidir, leatneroaclc, plastron, J'leu- 
riutpniutylia, Pyxi*, ttider, terrapin, and Tettudo, 4. 
2. In a restricted sense, one of three suborders 
of Chelonia, contrasted with Athecte&nA Triony- 
choidea, and containing the whole of the order 
i-\ci-|,ting thr Xiiliiiri/nliil;i- :mil tlic '/'/ iiiiii/i'hidte. 
testudinate(tes-tu'di-nat),a. and w. [<L. testu- 
iliiintuK, < ti'stiiiln (-din-), a tortoise: see testudo.] 
I. o. 1. Resembling the carapace of a tortoise; 
arched; vaulted; fornicated. Also testtidinated. 
2. Of or pertaining to the Testudinata; che- 
louian. 
II. 11. One of the Testudinata or Chelonia. 
testudinated (tes-tu'di-na-ted), a. [< testudi- 
n<ite + -t(P.] Same as testudinate, 1. 
testudineal (tes-tu-din'e-al ), . [< testudine-ottH 
+ -til.] Same ns tmtuiliiial. 
testudineous (tes-tu-din'e-us), a. [< L. testu- 
ili HI-US, of or pertaining to a tortoise or tortoise- 
shell, < tentutln (-din-), a tortoise: see testudo.] 
Resembling the carapace of a tortoise. 
Testudinidae (res-tu-din'i-dS), n. pi. [NL., < 
Textudo (-din-) + -rf.] A family of crypto- 
dirous tortoises, named from the genus Testudo. 
containing numerous genera, both fossil and 
recent, the latter found in all temperate and 
tropical regions except the Australian. The 
plastron has the typical number of nine bones, the cara- 
pace has epidermal scutes, the nuchal bone is without a 
costfform process, and the caudal vertebra; are proccelous. 
It has been by far the largest family of the order, Includ- 
ing several genera usually put in other families, but is now 
oftener restricted to hum-tortoises with high, arched, and 
vaulted carapace and short clubbed feet. Cherrida is a 
synonym. See cuts under pyxit and Tertudo, 4. 
testudo (tes-tu'do), n.: pi. testudines (-di-nez). 
[L., a tortoise-shell, a defensive cover so called, 
< testa, a shell, etc.: see test*.] 1. Among the 
ancient Romans, a defensive cover or screen 
which a body of troops formed by overlapping 
Tectudo of Roman Soldiers. Column of Trajan, Rome. 
TtitMtta elrphanlcfMS, one of the TtstHdinata. 
dorsal vertebrae are specially modified; the 
turtles and tortoises. The carapace is usually cov- 
ered with hard horny epidermal plates called tvrtotoe-thtU. 
There Is no tme sternum, its place being taken by a num- 
ber of bones, typically nine, which compose the plastron, 
or under shell. The dorsal vertebra are Immovably flxed. 
above their heads their oblong shields when in 
close array. This cover somewhat resembled the back 
of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from missiles 
thrown from above. The name was also given to a struc- 
ture movable on wheels or rollers for protecting sappers. 
Formerly also called mail. 
2. A shelter similar in shape and design to the 
above, employed as a defense by miners and oth- 
ers when working in ground or rock which is lia- 
ble to cave in. 3. In med., an encysted tumor, 
which has been supposed to resemble the shell 
of a turtle. Also called talpa. 4. [cap.] [NL.] 
In herpet., the typical genus of Testudinidte, of 
widely varying'hmits with different authors, 
and much confused with Cistttdo. It now contains 
such tortoises as T. grxea of Europe and some others. See 
cut on following page, also that under Tcttudinata. 
5. In anat., the fornix : more fully called testu- 
do cerebri. See cerebrum. 6. In anc. music, a 
species of lyre : so called in allusion to the lyre 
of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the 
shell of the sea-tortoise. The name was also 
extended in medieval music to the lute. 
