tumidity 
Hence 2. A pompous or bombastic style; 
turgidness ; fustian. 
tumidly (tu'mid-li), adv. In a tumid manner 
or form. 
tumidness (tu'mid-nes), n. The state of being 
tumid, in any sense. =Syn. Bathos, Fustian, etc. See 
bombast. 
tumika-oil (to'mi-kii-oil), . A concrete fixed 
oil from the seeds of the wild mangosteen, Di- 
o.ti>i/ros Kniun/optoris. 
tummer (tum''er), . A connecting cylinder in 
a carding-machine. 
The carding engines [in cotton-manufacture] are often 
made with two main cylinders and a connecting cylinder 
called the tummer. Encyc. Brit., VI. 494. 
tummle (tum'l), v. A dialectal form of tumble. 
tumogo, n. [African.] An African antelope, 
the water-buck, Eobus ellipsiprymnus. 
tumor, tumour (tu'mor), n. [< F. tumeur = Sp. 
Pg. tumor = It. tumore, < L. tumor, a swell- 
ing, the state of being swollen, < tumere, swell: 
see tumid.'] 1. A swell or rise of any kind. 
[Bare.] 
One tumour drown'd another, billows strove 
To outawell ambition, water air outdrove. 
B. Jonson, Prince Henry's Barriers. 
2. In med. : (a) A swelling; one of the four 
necessary accompaniments, according to the 
older pathologists, of inflammation namely, 
color, dolor, rubor, et tumor (heat, pain, red- 
ness, and swelling). (6) An abnormal promi- 
nence existing upon any of the cutaneous, mu- 
cous, or serous surfaces in any part of the 
body, and not due to acute inflammation. A tu- 
mor is usually a new formation of tissue foreign to the 
part in which it exists, and is thus distinguished in gen- 
eral from hypertrophy, though a hypertrophy may occa- 
sionally be so localized as to constitute a true tumor. A 
neoplasm is called a tumor when it forms a prominence 
on any surface. A swelling may be acute or chronic, and 
may be circumscribed or diffuse ; a tumor is a chronic 
circumscribed swelling. 
3. A swelling port or style ; tumidity ; bombast. 
She satisfies and nils the mind, without tumour and os- 
tentation. Evelyn, True Religion, II. 174. 
Adipose tumor, a lipoma. Aneurismal tumor, an 
aneurism. Apostoli'8 method for the treatment of 
fibroid tumor of the uterus, destruction of the tumor 
by electrolysis. Benign, tumor, a tumor which does not 
recur, as a rule, after removal, and is not inimical to the 
life of the patient. Cavernous tumor, a tumor formed 
of loosely reticulated tissue. Dermatoid or dermoid 
tumor, a cystic tumor the inner wall of which is com- 
posed of cutaneous tissue, and which often contains some 
of the appendages of the skin, such as hair, nails, or even 
teeth. Encysted tumor. See encyst. Erectile tumor, 
a tumor composed of a vascular tissue resembling erec- 
tile tissue. Fibroid tumor, a tumor composed of fibrous 
tissue : usually referring to a ftbromuscular tumor of the 
uterus. Fibroplastic tumort. See spindle-celled sarco- 
ma, under sarcoma. Floating tumor, a movable body 
within the abdomen, usually the spleen or a kidney, which 
has loose attachments, allowing of change of position of 
the organ. Gubler'S tumor, a prominence on the back 
of the wrist, seen in cases of wrist-drop from lead-poison- 
ing. Histoid tumor, a tumor composed of connective 
tissue. Malignant tumor, a tumor which tends to recur 
after removal, and eventually to cause the patient's death. 
Margaroid tumor, cholesteatoma. Mixed tumor, 
a tumor composed of more than one kind of tissue. Ova- 
rian tumor. See ovarian. Phantom tumor, a cir- 
cumscribed abdominal swelling, occurring usually in hys- 
terical women, due to muscular contraction or to an ac- 
cumulation of intestinal gases. The swelling commonly 
disappears when the patient is asleep or under the influ- 
ence of an anesthetic. It is sometimes very deceptive in 
its appearance, and has not infrequently been mistaken 
for pregnancy. Sand tumor, psammoma : so called be- 
cause of the sand-like calcareous matter which it contains. 
Teratoid tumor. Same as terattma. Thomas's op- 
eration for the removal of uterine fibroid tumors. 
See operation. Transition tumor. See transition. 
Tumor albus, tuberculous synovitis, especially of the 
knee-joint; white-swelling. Vascular tumor. Seeras- 
cular. Warty tumor. See warty. 
tumored, tumoured (tu'mord), a. [< tumor + 
-e<J 2 .] Affected with a tumor or tumors ; swol- 
len; tumid; distended. [Rare.] 
I might behold his legs tumor'd and swel'd. 
Heywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 362. 
tumoroust (tu'mor-us), a. [= Pg. It. tumoroso, 
< LL. tumorosus, 'swollen, inflated, bloated, < L. 
tumor, a swelling: see tumor. .] 1. Swelling; 
protuberant. 
Who ever saw any cypress or pine small below and 
above and tumorous in the middle, unless some diseased 
Plant? SirH. Wotton. 
2. Vainly pompous ; bombastic, as language or 
style ; fustian. 
According to their subject these styles vary; ... for 
that which is high and lofty, declaring excellent matter, 
becomes vast and tumorous, speaking of petty and inferior 
things. B. Jonson, Discoveries. 
tumour, tumoured. See tumor, tumored. 
tump (tump), n. [< W. twmp, a round mass, a 
hillock; cf. L. tumulus, a mound: see tumulus, 
tomb.] A little hillock ; a heap ; a clump. 
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. He stopped his little nag short of the crest, and got off 
and looked ahead of him from behind a tump of whor- 
tles. R. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone, xxxi. 
tump (tump), v. t. [< tump, n."] In hort., to 
form a mass of earth or a hillock round (a plant): 
as, to tump teazel. 
tump-line (tump'lin), n. [Perhaps a corrup- 
tion, among the Canadian Indians and the 
French voyageurs, of E. *temple-line (or of a 
corresponding F. term), < temple'* (F. tempe) + 
line 2 .'] A strap by which a pack is carried 
across a portage or through the woods. It 
crosses the forehead, the advantage being that its use in 
this position leaves the hands free for clearing the way 
with an ax or otherwise ; it is frequently shifted in posi- 
tion so as to cross the breast, for temporary relief. This 
method of carrying is common through the St. Lawrence 
valley and to the furthest Northwest, alike among whites, 
half-breeds, and Indians. The term is used in Maine and 
on its borders : elsewhere the strap is called portage-strap 
or pack-strap. 
tumpy (tum'pi), a. [< tump + -i/ 1 .] Abound- 
ing in tumps or hillocks; uneven. BalUwell. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
tum-tum (tum'tum), n. [Appar. ult. imitative 
of the beating of a drum; cf. turn 2 and tom- 
tom.'] 1. A favorite dish in the West Indies, 
made by beating boiled plantains quite soft in 
a wooden mortar. It is eaten like a potato-pud- 
ding, or made into round cakes and fried. 2. 
Same as tom-tom. 
tumular (tu'mu-lar), a. [< F. tumulaire, as if 
< L. *tumularis, < '"tumulus, a mound: see tumu- 
lus.'] Same as tumulary. Pinkerton. 
tumulary (tu'mu-la-ri), o. [As tumular,^. v.] 
Consisting in a heap; formed or being in a 
heap or hillock. 
tumulate 1 (tu'mu-lat), . t. ; pret. and pp. tumu- 
latcd, ppr. tumulating. [< L. tumulatus, pp. of 
tumulare, cover with a mound, entomb, < tumu- 
lus, a mound: see tumulus.] To cover with a 
mound; bury. 
tumulate 2 t (tu'mu-lat), v. i. ; pret. and pp. tu- 
mulated, ppr. tumnlating. [Irreg. (after tumu- 
lus, a mound) < L. tumere, swell: see tumid."] 
To swell. 
His heart begins to rise, and his passions to tumulate 
and ferment into a storm. Bp. Wilkins, Nat. Religion, i. 17. 
tumuli, n. Plural of tumulus. 
tumulose, tumulous (tu'mu-los, -lus), a. [< L. 
ttimulosus, full of mounds or hills, < tumulus, a 
mound : see tumulus."] Full of mounds or hills. 
Bailey, 1727. [Rare.] 
tumulosity (tu-mu-los'i-ti), n. [< tumulose + 
-ity.1 The state of being tumulous. Bailey, 
1727. [Rare.] 
tumulous, . See tumulose. 
tumult (tu'mult), n. [< F. tumulte = Pr. tumult 
= Sp. Pg. It. tumnlto, < L. tumultus, commotion, 
disturbance, tumult, < tumere, swell, be excited: 
see tumid.'] 1. The commotion, disturbance, 
or agitation of a multitude, usually accompa- 
nied with great noise, uproar, and confused 
talking; an uproar; hence, a noisy uprising, 
as of a mob. 
What meaneth the noise of this tumult ? 1 Sam. iv. 14. 
There is this difference between the tumults here [in 
Cairo] and those at Constantinople, that the latter are 
commonly begun by some resolute fellows among the jani- 
zaries, whereas here the mob is generally raised by some 
great man, who envies one that is a rival to him. 
Pococke, Description of the East, I. 169. 
2. Violent commotion or agitation, with con- 
fusion of sounds. 
In this piece of poetry, what can be nobler than the idea 
it gives us of the Supreme Being thus raising a tumult 
among the elements, and recovering them out of their con- 
fusion, thus troubling and becalming nature? 
Addison, Spectator, No. 489. 
3. Agitation ; high excitement ; irregular or 
confused motion. 
The tumult in her mind seemed not yet abated. 
Goldsmith, Vicar, xix. 
= Syn. Disturbance, turbulence, confusion, hubbub, fer- 
ment, outbreak, mle. 
tumultt (tu'mult), v. i. [< tumult, n. Cf . tumul- 
tuate.lj To make a tumult ; be in great commo- 
tion. Milton, Hist. Eng., vi. 
tumultert (tu'mul-ter), n. [< tumult + -er 1 ."] 
One who raises or takes part in a tumult. Hak- 
luyt's Voyages, I. 466. 
tumultuarily (tu-mul'tu-a-ri-li), adv. 1. In a 
tumultuary or disorderly manner. 
Divers thousands of the Jews tumultuarily resisted. 
Sandys, Christ's Passion (1640), notes, p. 95. 
2. Without system or order. 
I have, according to your desire, putt in writing Jhese 
Minutes of Lives tumultuarily, as they occur'd to my 
thoughts, or as occasionally I had information of them. 
Aubrey, Lives, Int. Ep. 
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tumultuariness (tu-mul'tu-a-ri-nes), n. Dis- 
orderly or tumultuous conduct ; turbulence ; 
disposition to tumult. Eikon Basittke. 
tumultuary (tu-mul'tu-a-ri), a. [< F. tumultu- 
uire = Sp. Pg. It. tumu)tuario,< L. tmnultuarius, 
full of tumult, hurried, < tumultus, tumult: see 
tumult.'] 1. Disorderly; riotous; promiscuous; 
confused : as, a tumultuary conflict. 
It would be too long to relate the tumultuary insurrec- 
tions of the inhabitants of Constantinople, Antioch, and 
Alexandria. Milton, Aus. to Salmasius, iv. 
2. Restless; agitated; unquiet. 
Men who live without religion live always in a titmul- 
tuary and restless state. Bp. Atterbury. 
tumultuatet (tu-mul'tu-at), v. i. [< L. tumultu- 
atus, pp. of tumultuafi (> It. tumultuare = Sp. 
Pg. tumultuar), make a tumult, < tumultus, a 
tumult: see tumult."] To make a tumult. Milton, 
Ans. to Salmasius, x. 
tumultuation (tu-mul-tu-a'shon), n. [< tumul- 
tuate + -ion."] Commotion; irregular or dis- 
orderly movement. Boyle. [Rare.] 
tumultuous (tu-mul'tu-us), a. [< F. tumultu- 
eux = Sp. Pg. It. tumultuoso, < L. tumultuosus, 
full of tumult, < tumultus, tumult: see tumult.'] 
1. Full of tumult, disorder, or confusion; con- 
ducted with tumult ; disorderly. 
And in this seat of peace tumultuous wars 
Shall kin with kin and kind with kind confound. 
Shale., Rich. II., iv. 1. 140. 
2. Characterized by uproar, noise, confusion, or 
the like : as, a tumultuous assembly. 
Strange the far-off rooks' sweet tumultuous voice. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, III. 114. 
3. Agitated; disturbed, as by passion. 
His dire attempt, which, nigh the birth, 
Now rolling boils in his tumultuous breast. 
Milton, P. L., iv. 16. 
4. Turbulent; violent. 
Furiously running in upon him, with tumultuous speech, 
he violently raught from his head his rich cap of sables. 
Knatta. 
=Syn. 2. Uproarious, riotous. 
tumultuously (tu-mul'tu-us-li), adv. In a tu- 
multuous manner; with tumult or turbulence ; 
by a disorderly multitude. 
tumultUOUsness (tu-mul'tu-us-nes), n. The 
state of being tumultuous, in any sense ; dis- 
order; commotion. 
tumultus (tu-mul'tus), n. [L., commotion, 
tumult: see tumult.'] Commotion ; irregular ac- 
tion. Tumultus cordis, irregular action of the heart. 
Tumultus sermonis, a form of aphasia in which the 
patient stutters when reading aloud. 
tumulus (tu'mu-lus), n. ; pi. tumuli (-11). [< 
L. tumulus, a mound, < tumere, swell: see tu- 
mid. Cf . tump 1 and tomT>.~] A sepulchral mound, 
as the famous Mound of Marathon raised over 
the bodies of those Athenians who fell in repel- 
ling the invading Persians; a barrow; very 
frequently, a mound covering and inclosing a 
more or less elaborate structure of masonry. 
The raising of mounds over the tombs of the dead, par- 
ticularly of distinguished persons, or those slain in battle, 
was a usual practice among very many peoples from the 
most remote antiquity. 
tun 1 (tun), n. [Also ton (now used only in the 
sense of a measure); early mod. E. tunne, 
tonne, < ME. tunne, tonne, < AS. twine = MD. 
tonne, D. ton = OHG. tunna, MHG. tunne, G. 
tonne = Icel. tunna = Sw. tunna r OSw. tynna 
= Dan. tonde; cf. F. tonne (dim. tonneau, OF. 
tonnel = Pr. Sp. Pg. dim. tonel), ML. tunna, Ir. 
and Gael, tunna; root unknown; it is uncertain 
whether the Teut. or the Celtic forms are ori- 
ginal. Hence tunnel.~] 1. A large cask for 
holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer. 
See ton 1 . 
As who so filled a tonne of a f resshe ryuer, 
And went forth with that water to woke with [add water 
to] Themese. Piers Plowman (B), xv. 331. 
Take four and twenty bucks and ewes, 
And ten tun of the wine. 
Childe Vyet (Child's Ballads, II. 75). 
The tallow to be saponified is placed in a large, slightly 
conical, wooden tun, which is made of oak or cedar, and 
is tightly bound with iron hoops. 
W. L. Carpenter, Soap and Candles, p. 254. 
2. Any vessel ; a jar. 
Wel ofter of the welle than of the tonne 
She drank. Chaucer, Clerk's Tale, 1. 159. 
3. In a brewery, the fermenting-vat or -tank. 
E. H. Knight. 4. Ameasure of capacity, equal 
by old statutes to 252 wine-gallons. There was a 
lo'cal tun of beer in London of 2 butts, and a customary 
tun of sweet oil was 236 gallons, and of syrup 3J barrels. 
As all measures of capacity are regarded by metrologists 
as having been denned first by weight, some have supposed 
the tun was originally a short ton weight of water. 
5. In conch., a shell of the genus Dolium or 
family Doliidse ; a tun-shell. 6. The upper 
