tucker 
tucked in. It WIIH also some! hues a narrow ruttlc. In its 
latest form the tucker is a kerchief or otb, i piece of thin 
material Covering the shoulders anil neck loosely above 
thu edj^e of tin bodlec, oflcii men ly a frill or fold in the 
neck of a hiiih wai.st. Compare (/i-Wrx/// -/,/.,-,. 
There is n certain female ornament, by -uine ca]le<l a 
tucker, and by others the neck-piece, beint; a -lip of tine 
linen or muslin that used to run in a small kind of ruttle 
round the uppermost verge of the women's stays, ami 
by that means covered a nn at part of the shoulders and 
bosom. Aadittm, Guardian, No. 100. 
Brown dresses, made high, and surrounded by a nar- 
row tucker aliout the throat. 
t'luii'lnttf t;i-f,nf' , .lane Eyre, v. 
3. Food: same an tuck' 1 , n.. 8. [Slang, Aus- 
tralia.] 
Mr. Green says will you give Jackson tea and tucker for 
ten men? ... I expect they would like their tucker now; 
they won't have time to eat when the tin- comes. 
Chambers'* Journal, quoted in N. V. Evening Post, 
[May 17, 1890. 
Ileuco 4. Work by which a miner is hardly 
able to make a living. [Slang, Australia.] 
tucker* (tuk't-r), r. t. [Appar. < tucker?, the 
phrase tucker nut being appar. eqtiiv. to ravel 
mi I.] To tire; weary; cause to be tired or 
exhausted : commonly in the phrase tuckered 
out, as a fish by struggling on the hook. [New 
Eng.] 
Hard work is good an 1 wholesome, past all doubt; 
But 'taint so ef the mind gits tuckered out. 
Lmcell, Biglow Papers, 2d ser., ii. 
She's tired to death quite tuckered, you know. 
W. D. Uowettt, Lady of the Aroostook, xxii. 
tucker 3 (tuk'er), . [< tuckrr*, r.] A state 
of fatigue or exhaustion : as, to put one in a 
mighty tucker. [New Eng.] 
Tucker circle. See </></,. 
tucker-in (tuk'er-iu'), . A chambermaid. Hal- 
liircll. [Prov. Eng.] 
tucket 1 (tuk'et), . [< It. toccata, prelude to 
a piece of music, < toccata, a touching, touch, 
< toccare, touch: see touch. Cf. tuck 3 .] A 
flourish on a trumpet; a fanfare. The term 
may originally iiave been used of a drum- 
signal. 
Let the trumpets sound 
The tucket sonance and the note to mount. 
Shale., Hen. V., iv. 2. 35. 
A tucket sounds. B. Jotuton, Case is Altered, i. 2. 
tucket'^t (tnk'et), 11. [< It. tocchetto, a ragout 
of fish or flesh, < tocco, bit, morsel, appar. not 
connected with LL. tucetum, tuccetum, a thick 
gravy: see tucet.] A steak; a collop. 
tucket 3 (tuk'et), . [Origin obscure. J Asmall 
ear of maize in the green and milky stage of 
growth. Also used attributively: as, tucket 
corn. [Local, U. 8.] 
He had made, during the day, frequent deposits of green 
corn, of the diminutive species called tucket. 
J. T. Trowbridye, Coupon Bonds, p. 253. 
tuck-folder (tuk'fol'der), n. An attachment 
to a sewing-machine which folds a tuck ready 
for the machine to sew. It consists of a gage for the 
interval between the tucks, and a kind of mold or form In 
passing through which the stuff is folded in tucks. 
tuck-in (tuk'iu), n. Same as tuck-out. [Slang.] 
They set me down to a Jolly good tuot-in of bread and 
meat. Daily Teleyraph, Jan. 1, 1880. (Encyc. Diet.) 
tucking-gage (tuk'ing-gaj), . A creaser. 
tucking-girdlet (tuk'ing-ger'dl), n. A girdle 
by means of which the skirt was tucked up for 
work or for running. 
Tucki/np kyrdeU [read yyrdeU] saincture a ecourser. 
Palsi/rave, p. 283. 
tucking-millt (tuk'ing-mil), n. A fulling-mill. 
tuck-joint (tuk'joint), (i. Jointed so as to give 
the appearance of tucks: said of pointing in 
masonry. See /minting. 
tucklers (tiik'Irra), .'/>' [Prob. ult. < tnci-1, 
draw.] Short chains by which men were for- 
merly raised or lowered in a shaft. [Leices- 
tershire, Eng.] 
tuck-marker (tuk'mar'ker), . A tuck-creaser. 
tuck-net (tuk'net), H. A small net used to take 
tish from a larger one. 
tuck-out (tuk'out), n. A full meal, especially 
of dainties ; a treat. Also tuck-in. [Slang.] 
His father . . . gave him two guineas publicly, most of 
which he spent in a general tuck out for the school. 
Thackeray, Vanity Fair, v. 
" What a tuck-mil I had ! " said Sandy, after a very boun- 
tiful and well-cooked dinner had been disposed of by the 
party. St. Xiclwhu, XVIII. 1-2S. 
tuck-seine (tuk'san), n. A small fishing-seine 
used ill tiiekiii";. It is from seventy to eighty fathoms 
long, eight fathoms at the wings, and ten fathoms in the 
middle or bunt. See <H, r. /., i;. 
tuck-shop (tuk'shop), n. A shop where tuck 
or food, particularly sweet stuff, pastry, etc., is 
sold. [Slang.] 
6523 
Come along down to sally tlarrowell's; that 'sour school- 
house tuck xtutp - she bakes such stunning murphies. 
T. Uwjkei, Tom Krown at Rugby, I. 8. 
tuck-stickt (tuk'Htik), H. A sword-cane or dag- 
ger-cane. 
tucum (tii'kum), ii. [Bra/.] A Brazilian palm, 
.Is/roi-iii-i/iiiii i-ii/i/iiri'. It Is of great Importance to the 
Indians, who make cordage, bowstrings, Ashing nets, etc.. 
from the line durable liber consisting of the epidermis of 
its unexpanded leaves. Hammocks, hats, fans, etc.. are 
also fabricated of this thread. The pulp of the fruit yields 
an oil useful in many ways. Its products are known as 
tucittn-Ji/H-r or -thread and tucuin-oil. Tecum appears to 
be a form of this name. 
tucuma (to'k^-mtt), . [Braz.] A palm, Aittro- 
cari/iitH Tiiciima, allied to the tucum, affording 
a less-used fiber and a fruit prized by the na- 
tives. Another related species, ./. liifiimoulen, 
bears tin -aim- name. 
tucu-tucu (to'kS-to'ki)), n. [Braz.] A small 
rodent of South America, ('tenomyg braniliriixi*. 
belonging to the family (>i-t/i<liiiiitse. it Is of 
nocturnal habits, lives underground, forms extensive bur- 
rows, and Is about as large as the common rat, with fur 
like that of a squirrel. Also tuco-tucu, tuko-tulm. See cut 
under Ctenomyg. 
-tude. [< F. -tiide = Sp. Pg. -tu4 = It. -titdine, < 
L. -tudo (-tudin-), a formative of abstract fern, 
nouns from adjectives, as amplitudn, largeness, 
< ampins, large.] A suffix of many nouns of 
Latin origin, as amplitude, latitude, aptitude, 
ultitiidi; lassitude, rectitude, turpitude, etc. 
Tudor (tu'dor), a. [< W. Tewdyr, an accom. 
form of LL. Tlieodorus, < Gr. QeoAjpof, a man's 
name (> E. Theodore), < Oeof, god, + iupov, a 
gift.] 1. Of, pertaining, or relating to an Eng- 
lish royal line (1485-1603) descended from 
Owen Tudor of Wales, who married Catherine 
of France, the widowed queen of Henry V. The 
first of the Tudor sovereigns was Henry VII. ; 
the last, Elizabeth. 2. Of, pertaining, or be- 
longing to the Tudor style of architecture : as, 
a Tudor window or arch. 
A Tudor-chimneyed bulk 
Of mellow brickwork on an Isle of bowers. 
Tennyson, Edwin Morris. 
Tudor rose, (a) The conventional flve-lobed flower 
adopted as a badge by King Henry VII., and occurring in 
tuff 
Continent. It la characterized by a lint arch, shallow 
iijoliliniiK, debased :m<l iiioiL-anie caivi.l ilecoiatiini, and 
a profusion of paneling on the walls. 
Tudor-flower itu'dor-flou'er), " A trefoil or- 
nament much used in Tudor architecture. It 
Tudor-ftowcr. From a cast in the Museum of Fine Art*. Botton. 
is placed upright on a stalk, and is employed In long rows 
as a crest or ornamental finishing on comlcea, ridges, etc. 
tue 1 (tu), v. ; pret. and pp. tuetl, ppr. tuiitij. See 
Tudor Rose. From gate of SI. John's College, Cambridge. 
decorative art of his and succeeding reigns, (b) In fur. 
See rosel .Tudor style, in arch. , a name frequently given 
to the latest English medieval style. It was the lam phase 
of the Perpendicular, and is sometimes called Florid Goth- 
ic. The period of this style begins In 1485, and is com- 
tue 2 , tui (to'e, -i), M. [Maori.] The New Zea- 
land parson-bird or poe-bird, Progthemadera 
in>i-;r--elantlix. See out under parson-bird. 
Tuedian (twe'di-an), a. [< ML. Tueda (< E. 
Tweed) + -tan.] Of or belonging to the river 
Tweed in Scotland, or the vicinity of that 
stream ; specifically, in </"'. the name applied 
by G. Tate to distinguish the lowest beds of the 
Carboniferous as developed in Northumberland 
and the Tweed valley. 
tuefall (tu'fal), n. An erroneous spelling of 
tofall. 
trie-iron (tu'i'ern), . [Said to be a corrup- 
tion (simulating iron) of twyer, tuyere.] 1. 
Same as tiryer. 2. pi. A pair of blacksmiths' 
tongs. 
tuelt (tu'el), n. An old spelling of tewel. 
Tues. An abbreviation of Tuesday. 
Tuesday (tuz'dfi), . [< ME. Tewisday, Tiice* 
day (tt. Tisdtfi,' Tisdei, < Icel. Tysdagr), < AS. 
Times da-ff (= OHG. Ziestac, MHO. Ziestac, 
Zieshig, Zistnc, Zistag = Icel. Tysdayr = Sw. 
Tisdag = Dan. Tirsdag): Tiwcs, gen. of Tnc 
(not found except in the name of the day) = 
OHG. Zio = Icel. Tyr = Gr. Zf v f (gen. Aiof for 
Mifiic) = OL. Dim-in, later Jot-is (nom. rare; 
gen. Jovis, used with nom. Juppiter) = Skt. dyu 
(gen. diras); orig. the sky, heaven, day, then 
personified as a god, and in Gr. myth, the chief 
god, and so in Teutonic thought the god of war. 
See Jove, Jupiter, Zeus, deity.] The third day 
of the week. See week 1 . 
In the tyme that krnge Leodogan hadde somowned so 
his peple, It be- till on a Tewitday, at euen, in the entreynge 
of May. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), 11. 206. 
He swore a thing to me on Monday night which he for- 
swore on Tuesday morning. Shale., Much Ado, v. 1. 170. 
Fastens Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday. (Scotch.] Pan- 
cake Tuesday, Hhrove Tuesday. See pancake. Shrove 
Tuesday. See ihrmei. 
tufa (to'fa), n. [< It. tufa, calcareous rock, tufa : 
see tuff 3 .] A rock having a rough or cellular 
texture, sometimes a fragmental volcanic ma- 
terial, and sometimes a calcareous deposit from 
springs. The word tufa is rarely used by English geol- 
ogists except with the epithet calcareout, when it has the 
same meaning as the tovhut of Virgil and Pliny, or the tra- 
vertino of the modern Italians. See trarertin and 
Tudor Architecture. - Uengnive Hall, ! 
motily extended to the end of the Elizabethan epoch in 
1603. The style resulted from the influence exercised 
upon the I'erpendicnlar by the Renaissance styles of the 
Calcareous t/a, travertine, pisolite, osteocolla, Ac., 
are deposits formed by the chemical precipitation of car- 
bonate of lime from waters holding bicarbonate of lime 
in solution. Htitley, Study of Rocks, xlv. 
tufaceous (tp-fa'shius), a. [< It. tufaceo, < L. 
tofaceus, tofacius, < tofus, sandstone : see tuff 3 , 
tufa, toph.] Made up of tufa, or resembling it 
in a greater or less degree. 
tuff 1 (tuf), n. [< ME. * tuffe (cf. tuft), < OF. 
tuffe, F. touffe, aggregation or bunch of trees, 
flowers, feathers. etc.,prob. < OHG. :opf, MHG. 
G. zopf, top. tuft, = LG. topp = D. top = E. top : 
see topi. Cf. OF. top (= Sp. tope = It. toppo), 
F. dim. toupet (> E. toupet, toupee), tuft, crest, 
bunch of hair ; from the LG. forms of the same 
word. Hence tufft, q. v.] Same as tuff*. Halli- 
tcell. 
tuff'-t (tuf), a. An old spelling of tough. 
tuff 3 (tuf), H. [< F. tuf, formerlyalso tuffe, soft 
stone. < It. tufo, soft stone, tiija, tufa, < L. to- 
/ilutx. tofus, a soft sand}- stone. Cf. toph, tufa.] 
A volcanic fragmental rock, varying from 
coarse deposits made of materials resembling 
fine gravel in size to those which are like the 
finest sand . Corel defines tufo as being similar in com- 
position topeperino, but bearing the marks of having been 
transported by and deposited from water. The tophus ot 
Vitruvius and Columella was of volcanic origin ; that of 
Virgil and Pliny was calcareous. The tufoot the Italians, 
at the present time, is volcanic, and is the same rock which 
was designated by the Romans as lapit rater; It closely 
resembles peperino (the lapit Albanu* of the Romans), and 
