teuthidoid 
teuthidoid (tu'thi-doid), rt. and H. I. (i. 1. In 
(<//.. same as teiitkidan. 2. In iclilh., of or 
pertaining to the Teutliididx, in any sense; 
having the characters of the Teuthidoidea. 
II. n. Inichth., a member of the TeutkididtB, 
in any sense, or of the Teuthidoidea. 
Teuthidoidea (tu-thi-doi'de-a), . pi. [NL.,< 
Teuthis (Teuthid-) + -oidea.] A superfamily 
% f, i 1 J- J.U T 1U.1ULUO. Ol'U. 
of acanthopterygian fishes, including Ue leu- . , (ta) v r Algo t>(e . < ME tewcnj a va r. of 
tltidiitx and the Siganidx, having the undivided to)m , E toe: see tew 1 .] I. trans. 1. To beat, 
post-temporals coossified with the skull, and the mix or pou nd ; prepare by beating, etc. [Pro- 
:il_:^r, i4njl rifVi +lid fna.Yl 1 1 VIPH i * T n m . i 1 J.1 
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ter, etc.; render conformable to German cus- 
toms, ideas, idioms, or analogies. 
The European Continent is to-day protesting against 
being Tevtonized, as energetically as it did, at the begin- 
ning of this century, against a forced conformity to a Gal- 
lic organization. 
O. P. Marsh, Lects. on Eng. Lang., Int., p. 8. 
II. intrans. To conform to German customs, 
idioms, etc. 
i Also tue : . - - 
I. trans. 1. To beat, 
intermaxillaries united with the maxillaries. 
Teuthis (tu'this), n. [NL., < Gr. Tev8ic, a sort of 
cuttlefish.] 1. In conch., a genus of cephalo- 
pods, giving name to the Teuthidee: synonymous 
with Latino. 2. In ichth., a Linnean genus of 
fishes, variously taken, (a) As identical with Acan- 
thurus. (b) As identical with Sigamis. In each accep- 
tation it gives name to a family Teuthididas (which see). 
teuthologist (tu-thol'o-jist), n. [< teutlwlog-y 
+ -int.'] A student of the cephalopodous mol- 
lusks. 
teuthology (tu-thol'o-ji), n. [< Teuthis + Gr. 
-Xoyia,</ l /7i', speak: see -ology.~] Thatdepart- 
ment of zoology which relates to cephalopods. 
Teuton (tu'ton), n. [= F. Sp. Teuton = G. Teu- 
tonen, pi., <"L. Teutoni, Teutones, pi., a peo- 
ple of Germany ; from an OTeut. word repre- 
sented by Goth, thiuda = OHG. diot = AS. 
thedd, etc., people: see Dutch.'] Originally, 
a member of a Germanic tribe first mentioned 
in the fourth century B. c., and supposed to 
have dwelt near the mouth of the Elbe. The 
Teutons, in alliance with the Cimbri, invaded the Roman 
dominions, and were overthrown by Marius, 102 and 101 
B. c. ; hence the name was ultimately applied to the Ger teW 2 t (tu), . 
manic peoples of Europe in general, and at present isoften (.h ft m 
used to include Germans, Dutch, Scandinavians, and those " v . i ,. n 
of Anglo-Saxon descent, as when we speak of Teutons as Dorothea. The fool shall now fish for himself. 
nnnnm'il to Celts AHee. Be sure, then, 
Tprrtnrrip rtii ton'ikl a and n f- F Teutonioue His tew be tith and 8trongl and next ' " 8wear '"e. 
leutonic (tu-ton IK;, a. ana n. \_ i . t noniquc He , n catch no fl8h else 
= Sp. Teutonico = Pg. Teutomco (cf. G. Teuto- Fletcher, Monsieur Thomas, i. 3. 
niseh), < L. Teutonicus, < Teutoni, Teutones, a tewart (tu'art), . Same as tooart. 
tribe of Germany.] I. a. Of or belonging to tewel (tu'ei), n. [< ME. tewel, tewelle, tuel, < 
the Teutons ; of or belonging to the peoples of O F. fuel, tuyel, tuifl, tueil, F. twyau = Pr. Sp. 
Germanic origin; in the widest sense, pertain- tllde j t a p j pe . o f Teut. origin; cf. LG. tiite, > G. 
ing to the Scandinavians, and to the peoples tiite ^ deute ^ rfwtej a pipe.] If. A pipe ; a funnel, 
of Anglo-Saxon origin, as well as to German as for 8mo k e . Chaucer. 2. Same as twyer. 
races proper Teutonic cross, a cross potent: so tewhlt (te-hwif), n. [Imitative, like teuchit, 
__11 _ J 1 1 _ V.,...,,. *li'K..{l ( .Q '-I.--, -J ft.\ J 
iljft i i pewit, etc.] Same as pewit (b). See cut under 
r. p., \ P ,_, lapwing. [Local, British.] 
B, a I I tewing-beetle (tu'ing-be'tl), . A spade- 
shaped instrument for tewing or beating hemp. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
tewtaw (tu'ta), v. t. [A redupl. of tew 1 , or < 
tew 1 + tew 1 .] Same as tewA, 1; especially, to 
beat (hemp) in order to separate the fibers. 
vincial or trade use.] 2. To taw, as leather. 
Wright. [Prov. Eng.] 3. To work; prepare 
by working; be actively employed in or about. 
[Prov. Eng.] 4f. To scourge; beat; drub. 
Down with 'em ! 
Into the wood, and rifle 'em, lew 'em, swinge 'em! 
Fletcher, Beggars' Bush, iii. 2. 
5f. To haul ; pull ; tow. 
Men are labouring as 'twere summer bees, 
Some hollowing trunks, some binding heaps of wood, . . . 
Which o'er the current they by strength must tew; 
To shed that blood which many an age shall rue. 
Drayton, Barons' Wars, ii. 20. 
6. To lead on ; work up. 
H'as made the gayest sport with Tom the coachman, 
So tew'd him up with sack that he lies lashing 
A butt of malmsey for his mares ! 
Fletcher, Wit without Money, ill. 1. 
II. intrans. To work; keep busy; bustle. 
Also too. [Prov. Eng. and U. S.] 
The phrase tooin' round, meaning a supererogatory ac- 
tivity like that of flies. Lowell, Biglow Papers, 2d ser., Int. 
The minister began to come out of his study, and want 
to tew 'round and see to things. 
II. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 63. 
[A var. of tow 2 .] A tow-rope or 
Teutonic Knights. See Teutonic Order. 
Teutonic or Germanic languages, 
tribe of tongues, belonging to the great 
Aryan or Indo-European family, which has 
been divided into three great sections, viz. : 
(1) Gothic or Moesogothic, the language 
used by Wulflla (Ulfllas) in his translation 
of the Scriptures, made in the fourth century for the Goths 
of Mcesia ; (2) German, subdivided into Low German and .-.-, _, - 
High German the Low German tribe of tongues being J-" rov - 8'J , , . _, 
the Anglo-Saxon or English, Old Saxon, Friesic or Frisian, Texan (tek san), O. and n. [< Texas (see def.) 
Dutch and Flemish, and Low German proper (Flatt- + -an.] I. d. Of or pertaining to the State of 
Texas Texan armadillo. See Tatusia, and cut under 
peba. Texan fever, see Texas fever. Texan pride, 
the Drumraond phlox. Phlox Drummondii, a bright garden 
annual, native in Texas. 
II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Texas, 
Deutsch), while the High German has been divided into 
three periods, viz., Old High German, Middle High Ger- 
man, and modern German; (3) Scandinavian, comprising 
Icelandic or Old Norse, Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish. 
See Gothic, German, Anglo-Saxon, etc. Teutonic or 
Germanic nations, the different nations of the Teutonic 
race. These are divided into three branches : (1) the High 
Germans of Upper and Middle Germany, with the Ger- 
. . 
one of the southern States of the United States, 
bordering on Mexico. 
mans of Switzerland and the greater part of those in t -_ a _ ftpf'saBl n TSn called in allusion to the 
the Austrian empire; (2) the Low German branch, in- texas (tec sas),m. | 
eluding the Frisians, the Low Germans, the Dutch, the State of Texas.] A structure on the hurricane- 
Flemings, and the English descended from the Jutes, deck of a steamboat, containing the cabins for 
Angles, and Saxons who settled in Britain ; (3) the Scan- tlle o ffi eer s. The pilot-house is On top of it. 
dmavian branch, including the Icelanders, the Norwe- r - , TT a n 
gians, the Danes, and the Swedes. Teutonic Order, a Lwrajn u. o.j 
military order founded at Acre in Palestine, 1190, and con- Texas blue-grass, buckthorn, Cardinal, gOOSB, 
flrmed by the emperor and the Pope. Its chief objects crackle. See blue-grass, etc. 
were at first the care of sick and wounded pilgrims and Tg x og fever Texail fever A specific fever 
n e 
II. n. The language, or languages collec- ing within a certain permanently infected area, 
- 
textile 
texto = It. testo, < L. textus, a fabric, texture, 
structure, composition, context, text (cf. tex- 
tum, a fabric, also the style of an author, neut. 
of textus, pp.), < tej-ere, pp. textus, weave, = 
Skt. V taksh, cut, prepare, form (see tectonic).'] 
1. A discourse or composition on which a note 
or commentary is written ; the original words 
of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase 
or commentary. 
His coward herte 
Made him amis the goddes text to glose, 
When he for ferde out of Delphos sterte. 
Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 1410. 
King George the Second and I don't agree in our expli- 
cation of this text of ceremony. Walpole, Letters, II. 194. 
Very close study is everywhere manifest, but it is very 
doubtful whether the difficulties emphasized in many 
cases ought to be considered sufficient cause for changing 
the text. The faulty and awkward expressions may be 
chargeable to the author himself. 
Amer. Jour. Philol., X. 252. 
2. Specifically, the letter of the Scriptures, 
more especially in the original languages; in a 
more limited sense, any passage of Scripture 
quoted in proof of a dogmatic position, or taken 
as the subject or motive of a discourse from the 
pulpit. 
Your flock, assembled by the bell, 
Encircled you to hear with reverence 
Your exposition on the holy text. 
Shak.,-23en. IV., iv. 2. 7. 
How oft, when Paul has serv'd us with n text, 
Has Epictetus, Plato, Tully preach'd ! 
Cmnper, Task, ii. 539. 
3. Any subject chosen to enlarge and comment 
on; a topic; a theme. 
No more ; the text is foolish. Shak., Lear, iv. 2. 37. 
The maiden Aunt 
Took this fair day for text, and from it preach'd 
An universal culture for the crowd. 
Tennyson, Princess, Prol. 
4. In roeal music, the words sung, or to be sung. 
5. The main body of matter in a book or manu- 
script, in distinction from notes or other mat- 
ter associated with it; by extension, letter- 
press or reading-matter in general, in distinc- 
tion from illustrations, or from blank spaces or 
margins: as, an island of text in an ocean of 
margin. 
If the volume is composed of single leaves, perhaps of 
thin text and heavy illustrations. 
W. Matthews, Modern Bookbinding (ed. Grolier Club), p. 24. 
6. A kind of writing used in the text or body 
of clerkly manuscripts; formal handwriting; 
now, especially, a writing or type of a form pe- 
culiar to some class of old manuscripts ; spe- 
cifically, in her., Old English black-letter: as, 
German or English text; a text (black-letter) 
E or T. An Old English letter often occurs as a bearing 
or part of a bearing, and is blazoned as above. See also 
black-letter. Compare church text and German text. 
Fair as a text B in a copy-book. 
Shak., L. L. L., v. 2. 42. 
Chapel text. See chapel. Church text. See church. 
German text. See Germans. To cap texts. See 
capi. 
textt (tekst), v. t. [< text, M.] To write in text- 
hand or large characters. 
Truth copied from my heart is texted there. 
IHtddleton and Dekker, Spanish Gypsy, iii. 3. 
O then, how high 
Shall this great Troy text up the memory 
Of you her noble praetor ! 
Dekker, London's Tempe. 
text-book (tekst'buk), n. 1. A book contain- 
ing a text or texts, (a) A book with wide spaces be- 
tween the lines of text for notes or comments. (6) A 
book containing a selection of passages of Scripture ar- 
ranged for reference: more generally termed Bible text- 
lively, of the Teutonic or Germanic peoples. 
Abbreviated Teut. 
Teutonicism (tu-ton'i-sizm), n. [< Teutonic + 
-ism.] A Teutonic idiom or mode of expres- 
sion ; a Germanism. Imp. Diet. 
Teutonism (tu'ton-izm), n. [< Teuton + -ism.'] 
1 . Teutonic or Gfermanic character, type, ideas, 
spirit, peculiarities, etc. 
The Danes and Norsemen poured in a contingent of 
Teutomsm, which has been largely supplemented by Eng- 
lish and Scotch efforts. 
Huxley, Critiques and Addresses, p. 178. 
2. An idiom or expression peculiar to the Ten- 
including the greater part of the southern Unit- 
ed States, to cattle north of this area when the 
former are taken north during the warm season 
of the year. Cattle taken from the North into this in- 
fected area may likewise contract the disease. The infec- 
tious principle is conveyed to the soil, whence susceptible 
animals are infected. The period of incubation varies 
from ten to fifty days or more. The disease begins with 
a high fever, which may continue from a few days to a 
week or more, when the animal succumbs ; or the fever 
may subside and a slow recovery ensue. A characteristic 
symptom noticed chiefly in severe and fatal cases is the 
presence of hemoglobin in the urine, giving it a deep 
port-wine color. In some outbreaks jaundice is observed. 
After death the spleen is found enormously enlarged and 
tonic peoples; a German idiom or peculiarity. jS^^5Sfc^SS&te 
The translator has done Ins part of the work well, al- , Dairies of central Texas. 
, - ,, ,,,10,,+ tio roolai r\f nentrnl 
though we detect distinct Teutonimm here and there """: abundant on the prairies Ol cennai 
Philosmihiral Vnn Mi Mr XXVTIT IK lts > slender stem, narrow leaves, and small yellow heads 
ay., 5th ser., XXVUi. 42o . jt a c]oae 8uperfldal reaemblance to flax. 
Teutonization (tu"ton-i-za'shqn), n. [< Ten- Texas millet. Same as concho-grass. 
ionize + -ationj] The act of Teutonizing. Texas sarsaparilla. Same as menispermnm, 2. 
Teutonize (tu'ton-iz), v.; pret. and pp. Teuton- Texas snakeroot. See snakeroot. 
ized, ppr. Tetitonizing. [< Teuton + -ize.] I. text (tekst), n. [< ME. text, texte, tixle, ti/xt, 
trims. To make Teutonic or German in charac- < OF. (and F.) texte = Pr. texte, test = Sp.Pg. 
2. A book used by students as a standard work 
for a particular branch of study; a manual of 
instruction ; a book which forms the basis of 
lectures or comments. 3. Same as libretto, 1. 
textevangelium (teks"te-van-je'li-um), . 
[ML.] Same as Textus, 2. 
text-hand (tekst'hand), . A large, uniform, 
clerkly handwriting: so called from the large 
writing formerly used for the text of manuscript 
books, in distinction from the smaller writing 
used for the notes. 
textile (teks'til), n. and n. [= F. textile, < L. 
textilis, < textuin, something woven: see text.~\ 
I. a. 1. Of or pertaining to weaving: as, the 
textile art. 2. Woven, or capable of being 
woven; formed by weaving: as, textile fabrics; 
textile materials, such as wool, flax, silk, cotton. 
Textile cone, in conch., one of the oonc-shells, Comts 
textile, whose colors suggest a woven fabric. 
II. ii. 1. A woven fabric. 
The placing of the tangible parts in length or transverse, 
as in the warp and the woof of textiles. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist., 846. 
