textile 
2. A material suitable for weaving into a tex- 
tile fabric: us, liciiij) iiinl nthrr li-j-lili-n. 
The Joiinuil of the Society of Arts reports the discovery 
of a new textile on the shores of the ('u.spiiiii. This plant, 
called km. ill by the natives, . . . attains a In iu'lit of ten 
M, Science, XIII. 81. 
textlet (tekst'let), M. [< ti-xt + -l<t.\ A short 
or small text. Ciirlijlr, Sartor Ues:irliis, i. 11. 
| l(;u-e. ] 
text-man (tekst'man), . A man ready in the 
quotation of texts, or too strict in adherence 
to the letter of texts. [Hare.] 
But saith he, Are not the Clergy members of Christ? 
why should not each member thrive alike? Carnall text- 
man! As If worldly thriving were one of the privileges 
wee have by being in Christ ! 
Mil/,i,i, Apology for Smcctymnuiis. 
Textor (teks'tor), H. [NL. (Temminck, 1828), 
< L. teitor, a weaver, < texerc, weave : see trj-t. ) 
A genus of African weaver-birds, of the family 
I'/IM-I iil.T. There are several species. The best-known Is 
the ox-bird, T. albirogtrin (commonly called T. alecto), black 
- 
Whllc-hillcil 0.bird ( Ttxter altiinslrisl. 
with a white bill, and 8j Inches long. The others have 
coral-red bills, as T. niaer (or erythrorhynchut), which is 8J 
Inches long. Also called Atecto, Dertroidei, Bubalornia, 
and Alectrvmiit. 
textorial (teks-to'ri-al), o. [< L. textoriits, of or 
pertaining to weaving, < te.rtor, a weaver, < 
texere, weave: see text.'] Of or pertaining to 
weaving. [Bare.] 
From the cultivation of the textorial arts among the 
orientals came Darlns's wonderful cloth. 
T. Warton, Hist. Eng. Poetry, 111. 178. 
Textor's map-projection. See projection. 
text-pen (tekst'pen), n. A kind of metallic 
pen used in engrossing, 
textrine (teks'trin), a. [< L. textrinus, of or 
pertaining to weaving, contr. from " textorinus, 
< textnr, a weaver: see textorial.'] Of or per- 
taining to weaving or construction; textorial. 
Derham, Physico-Theol., viii. 6. [Rare.] 
textual (teks'tu-al), a. and H. [< ME. trj-tutl. 
< OF. (and P.")' textuel = Sp. Pg. textual = It. 
testtiale, < L. as if "textittilix, < textus, text: see 
text.] I. a. 1. Of, pertaining to, or contained 
in the text : as, textual criticism ; textual errors. 
They seek ... to rout and disarray the wise and well- 
couched order of St. Paul's own words, using a certain tex- 
tual riot to chop off the hands of the word presbytery. 
Milton, On Def. of Hunib. Remount., i 5. 
Textual Inaccuracy Is a grave fault In the new edition 
of the old poets. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 801. 
2f. Based on texts. 
Here shall your majestie find . . . speculation Inter- 
changed with experience, positive theology with polemi- 
cal, textual with discursorfe. Sp. Uail, Works, Ded. 
3f. Acquainted with texts and capable of quot- 
ing them precisely; learned or versed in texts. 
This meditacloun 
I putte it ay under correci-inun 
Of clerkes, for I am nat textuel; 
I take but the sentens, trusteth wel. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Parson's Tale, 1. 56. 
Textual commentary. See commentary, 1. 
H.t a- One versed in texts; a textualist. 
Wherefore they were called Karaim, that is Bible-men, 
or Textualls, and in the Roman tongue they call them 
Saduces. Purehag, Pilgrimage, p. 143. 
textualism (teks'tu-al-izm), 11. [< textual + 
-I.V/H.] Strict adherence to the text, 
textualist (teks'tu-al-ist). H. [< textual + -wf.] 
1. One who is well versed in the Scriptures, 
and can readily quote texts. 
How nimble textualist&nA grammarians for the tongue 
the Rabbins are, their comment* can witness. 
J.i : iM,i,i,,i, Miscellanies, vi. 
2. One who adheres strictly to the letter of 
texts. 
textually (teks'tu-al-i), adv. In or as regards 
the text ; according to the text. 
A copy In some parts textually exact. 
Lowell, Among my Books, 'Jd SIT., p. :i. 
textuary (teks'tu-:i-ri), n. and n. [< L. /. 
+ -"''.'/. I I. ". 1. <>f or pertaining to the text : 
texln.'il. 
He extends the exclusion unto twenty days, which In 
the textuary sense is fully accomplished in one. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., III. 16. 
2f. Having the authority or importance of a 
text ; that ranks as a text, or takes chief place ; 
regarded as authoritative, or as an authority. 
I see no ground why his reason should be textuary to 
ours, or that Ood Intended him an universal headship. 
Olanmlle. 
Some who have had the honour to be textuary in divin- 
ity are of opinion that it shall be the same spedtlcal tire 
with ours. Sir T. Browne, Keliglo Medici, I. 50. 
II. . ; pi. textuarirn (-riz). 1. A textualist; 
one who adheres strictly to the text. 2t. An 
expounder or critic of texts ; a textual exposi- 
tor or critic. 
In Lake xvi. 17, 18. ... this clause against abrogating 
Is inserted Immediately before the sentence against di- 
vorce, as If It were called thither on purpose to defend the 
equity of this particular law against the foreseen roihness 
of common textuariet. Milton, Tetrachordon. 
The greatest wits have been the best textuariet. 
Swift, To a young Poet. 
textuelt, ". A Middle English form of textual. 
textuistt (teks'tu-ist), n. [< L. textus, text, + 
-int.] One who adheres too strictly to the let- 
ter of texts; a textualist. 
When I remember the little that our Saviour could pre- 
vail about this doctrine of charity against the crabbed 
textuitti of his time, I make no wonder. 
Hilton, Divorce, To the Parliament 
Textularia (teks-tu-la'ri-a), . [NL. (LVOr- 
bigny, 1826), < L. *textula, dim. of textus, text, + 
-aria.] The typical genus of the family Textu- 
lariidee. 
textularian (teks-tu-la'ri-an), n. and n. [< 
Textularia + -an.] I. a. Belonging to or hav- 
ing the characters of Textularia in a broad sense; 
textularidean. W. B. Carpenter, Micros., $ 458. 
II. H. A textularian foraminifer. 
Textularidea (teks'tu-la-rid'e-S), n.pl. [NL., 
< Textularia + -irf-ea.] The fextulariidee ad- 
vanced to the rank of an order, and divided into 
Textularina, Buliminina, and Cassidulinina. 
textularidean (teks'tu-la-rid'f-an), a. and n. 
[< Textularidea + -an.'] I. a. Textularian in 
a broad sense ; of or pertaining to the Textula- 
ridea. 
II. >'. A textularian in a broad sense. 
TextulariidSB (teks'tu-la-ri'i-de), . pi. [NL., 
< Textularia + -idx.'] 'A family of perforate 
foraminifers, typified by the genus Textularia. 
The test Is arenaceous or hyaline, with or without a per- 
forate calcareous basis, and the chambers are normally ar- 
ranged in two or more alternating series, or spiral and 
labyrlnthic. Dimorphous and trimorphous forms may 
also be found. 
textural (teks'tur-al), a. [< texture + -al.] Of 
or relating to texture: as, textural differences 
between rocks. 
It may be the result of congestion or Inflammation of 
the nerve, ... or of other textuml changes. 
Quoin, Med. Diet., p. 52. 
Textural anatomy. See anatomy. 
texture (teks'tur), n. [< F. texture = Pr. tex- 
ura, tezura = Sp. Pg. textura = It. testura, < L. 
lextura, a weaving, web, texture, structure, < 
texere, pp. textus, weave : see text."] It. The art 
or process of weaving. 
God made them . . . coats of skin, which, though a nat- 
ural habit onto all before the invention of texture, was 
something more unto Adam. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., T. 25. 
2. Anything produced by" weaving; a woven 
or textile fabric of any sort; a web. 
His high throne, which, under state 
Of richest texture spread, at the upper end 
Was placed in regal lustre. Milton, P. 1.., x. 440. 
Others, apart far in the grassy dale, 
. . . their humble texture weave. 
Thornton, Spring, L 641. 
3. The peculiar or characteristic disposition of 
the threads, strands, or the like which make 
up a textile fabric: as, cloth of loose texture. 
4. By extension, the peculiar disposition of 
the constituent parts of any body its make, 
consistence, etc.; structure in general. 
In the next place, it seems to be pretty well agreed 
that there is something also in the original frame or tex- 
ture of every man's mind which, independently of all ex- 
terior and subsequently Intervening circumstances, and 
< \< n of his radical frame of body, makes him liable to 
be differently affected by the same exciting causes from 
what another man woula be. 
Benthatn, Introd. to Morals and Legislation, vf. 29. 
The iiiiinl must have the pressure of incumbent duties, 
or It will grow lax and spongy in texture for want of it. 
O. W. Holmet, Old Vol. of Life, p. 231. 
-th 
\\lirti scenes are detached from the texture of a play, 
each scene inevitably low* i.nn-tliini:of the effect which, 
fu the dramatist's conn |IJOM, )H longed to it as part of 
"a single action. " /.., II. JI-. 
0. In bint., a tissue; the character or mode of 
formation of tissues. 6. In the fine arts, the 
surf ace quality of animate or inanimate objects, 
natural or artificial, which expresses to the eye 
the disposition and arrangement of their com- 
ponent t issues. cavernous texture. See oiwrnoui. 
-Texture of rocks, the modr of aggregation of the 
mineral substances of which rocks are composed. It tr- 
ial es U> the arrangement of their parts viewed on a smaller 
scale than that of their structure. The texture of rocks 
may be compact, earthy, granular, scaly, slaty, etc. See 
xtructure. 
texture (teks'tur), r. t. ; pret. and pp. textured, 
ppr. tistitriiiii. [< ti-j-tniT, n.] To form a tex- 
turo of or with; interweave. [Rare.] 
textureless (teks'tur-les), a. [< texture + -less.] 
Having no discernible structure; amorphous: 
as, a texturclesx membrane. 
texturyt (teks'tu-ri), a. [< texture + -yl.] 
Same as texture, 1. 
textus (teks'tus), n. [< L. textus, text: see 
text.~\ 1. The text of any book, especially of 
the Bible or of a part of it: as, the Textus'Re- 
ceptus (see phrase below). 2f. A book con- 
taining the liturgical gospels. 
The book of the gospels, or trxtui, had, in general, a 
binding of solid gold, studded with gems, and especially 
pearls, and was used for being kissed; the other, the 
gospel-book, which served for reading out of, was often 
as richly adorned. 
Rock, Church of our Fathers, in. U. 192. 
Textus ReceptUS, the received text of the Greek Testa- 
ment Strictly speaking this name l>elongs to the Elzevir 
edition of 1633, to which the printers had prefixed the state- 
ment "Texlum ergo babes nunc ah omnibus receptum" 
(You hare now therefore the text received by all). This 
text Is founded chiefly upon Erasmus's editions. The name 
Is, however, loosely applied to any similar text, such u 
that on which the authorized version of the New Testa- 
ment is based. The Textus Receptus represents Greek 
manuscripts of late date. 
textus-case (teks'tus-kas), n. A case for a tex- 
tus, or book of the gospels : usually a decorative 
case of the middle ages, or older, as of stamped 
leather, silver, or silver-gilt. 
text-writer (tekst'ri'ter), n. If. One who, 
before the invention of printing, copied books 
for sale. Encye. Diet. 2. A writer of text- 
books and compends: as, a legal text-icriter. 
The notion that the extraordinary harshness of the Hin- 
doo text-writen to widows is of sacerdotal origin. 
Maine, Village Communities, p. 64. 
teylett, n. See tillett. 
teyl-tree (til'tre), n. Same as teil-tree. See 
teil. 
teynet, A Middle English variant of tain. 
teyntet, . An occasional Middle English form 
of tent*. 
th. A common English digraph. See Ti. 
Th. 1. An abbreviation of Thursday. 2. In 
chem., the symbol for thorium. 
-th 1 . [< ME. -th, -t,--eth, < AS. -tit, -t, etc., of 
various origin : see etymologies of words con- 
taining this formation.] A suffix used in form- 
ing abstract nouns from adjectives or verbs, as 
in health from whole or heal, stealth from steal, 
filth from/on/, tilth from till, grou-thtroraffroie, 
truth, troth, from trtttor trow, drouth from dry, 
highth from high, etc. It is little used as a modern 
formative, the more recent examples, like WotrtA, tpilth, 
being chiefly poetical. The words In which It occurs are 
mostly old, ana accordingly often differ somewhat, In their 
modern form, from the modern form of the original ad- 
jective or verb, as tilth from /oiii, drouth from dry, etc. In 
many cases the relation of the noun In -th to Its original 
verb is more remote, and Is to be explained by the history 
of the particular word, as In death from the original form 
of die, ruth from rue, etc. In certain positions the -th 
becomes -t, and sometimes -d. Some modern forms in -t 
coexist with forms in -th, as drought, height, beside the 
now archaic drouth, highth; and In some -I has replaced 
the earlier -M, as In right. In many nouns -th Is of other, 
and often obscure, origin, as In north, touth, both, etc. 
-th 2 . [Also -eth ; < ME. -th, -eth, -the, -ethe,< AS. 
-tlia, -the (-o-tha), etc., =L. -<M, = Gr. -rof, etc. : 
an adj. formative (orig. identical with the su- 
perl. suffix -f, in -fn-t), used to form ordinal from 
cardinal numerals: see the etymologies of the 
ordinals concerned.] A suffix (-eth after a 
vowel) used in forming ordinal from cardinal 
numerals, as in fourtli, fifth, sixth, etc.. tteen- 
tiitli, tliirtiith, hundredth, thousandth, millionth, 
etc. It appears as -d In third, and was formerly -t in 
Jin, rixt, etc., now fifth, rixth. etc. In Jtnt the suffix Is 
the superlative -*t. In eighth, pronounced as if spelled 
'eightth, the radical ( Is anomalously omitted In spelling. 
-th 3 . [< ME. -th, -eth,< AS. -c th.-,ith. -inth = D.-t 
= G. -t, etc.] A suffix (in older form -eth) used 
in forniin-r the third person singular (and in 
Middle English all persons plural) of the pres- 
