Tyburn tippet 
Tyburn tippett. Sec ii/i/n /. 
Tyburn tree. SIT trte. 
Tyche (M'ke), . [< Or. '\'i\\l< personification 
of ri'xi, fortune. | In dr. myth., the goddess 
"I 1 iii-tune, :i divinity whiixe protect inn was 
believe. I in assure pi-dspcrity, wealth, and good 
luck : uft m in 1 1 ii' f iirin .li/iiiln 1'i/clir (Good For- 
tune). Cdinparc iii/iitlii>il;rnii)ii, 
Tychonic (tl-kon'ik), a. [< 7//<7m (see dof.) + 
-ii-ii-.] IVi'tiiiiiiug to Tyrhd Ilrahe, a famous 
Danish astronomer ( lf>4(i-1601), or to his sys- 
Icni df iisli-diioiny. 
The C'opcrnican hypothesis is more probable than the 
T'.iehnnic. Sir W. Hamilton, Metapli , x 
tycoon (ti-k(in'), n. [Alsn tnH-Hii, tairoon ; < 
.lap. tail,' n H, 'j^reat pi'iin-c,' < (Chinese tti, great, 
+ MM, prince: said to have been coined in 1854 
by a preceptor of lyesada, the shogun, as a fit- 
ting title for his master in the treaty which he 
was then concluding with Commodore Perry. 
The phrase, however, seems to have been used 
much earlier, having been applied to lyemitsti 
(lG'J3-49),thethirdoftheTokugawashogun8,in 
a letter sent by his government to Corea, in or- 
der to impress the " barbarian " Coreans with his 
greatness.] The title by which the shoguns of 
Japan were known to foreigners from the sign- 
ing of the treaty negotiated in 1854 by Commo- 
dore Matthew Perry, on behalf of the United 
States, and lycsaila, the shogun and supposed 
"temporal emperor 1 ' of Japan, to the end of 
the shogunate in 1868, but never recognized by 
the Japanese. 
The style Tai Kun, Great Prince, was borrowed, In order 
to convey the Idea of sovereignty to foreigners, at the time 
of the conclusion of the Treaties. 
MHford, Tales of Old Japan, p. 5. 
tycoonate (ti-ko'nat), n. [< tycoon + -ate^.] The 
ihognjuto. 
tydet, n. An obsolete spoiling of tide*. 
tydyt, . An obsolete spelling of tidy-. 
tye 1 , v. An obsolete or archaic spelling of tic 1 . 
tye 1 (ti), M. 1. An obsolete or archaic spelling 
of ,ici. 2. Naitt., the part of a topsail-halyard 
which passes through a block or sheave-nole 
at the masthead, and is attached to the yard. 
-Peak-tye. Seepeaki. 
tye- (ti), n. [Cf. tyr*, v.] In mining, a kind of 
narrow buddle used with a quick current of 
water for roughly washing tin or lead ore. 
[Eng.] 
tye- (ti), v. t.; pret. and pp. tyed, ppr. tying. 
[Perhaps ult. < AS. tlncean, wash: see towel*.] 
To wash with the tye, as ore. Compare tye%, n. 
tye-block (ti-blok), . In heavy ships, a block 
on the topsail-yard through which the tye is 
rove, the standing part being made fast to the 
masthead. 
tyert, . An obsolete spelling of tier*, tire&. 
tye-wig, n. A variant of tie-wig. 
tyfoont, An obsolete spelling of typlioon. 
tygt, n. An obsolete spelling of tig. 
tygert, . An obsolete spelling of tiger. 
tying (ti'ing), H. [Verbal n. of tie 1 , -.] The 
act of fastening with a string, rope, or chain ; 
also, a fastening: as, the tyinga were of blue silk, 
tykt, r. An old spelling of ticfcl. 
tyke 1 , n. See ti/;<-. 
tyke'-'t, a. An obsolete form of tick 2 . 
tylarus (til'a-rus), ;!.; pi. tylari (-ri). [< Gr. 
rtvtor, a knot, km>b.] In ornith., one of the 
Fool of a Hawk (Anifilrr coo(tri\, four fifths natural size. 
x. x, some of the tylnri. 
callous pads in- cushions on tlio under side of 
the toes. .s,, c h Imlls of the toes are little apparent or 
non-existent in liinls with soft skinny feet, nut well 
in uked in most perchers whose toes are horny, and espe- 
cially prominent in birds of prey. 
tylet. An old spelling of Mfel, till". 
tyleberry(til'lier i). . The coral-plant, Jiitrn- 
/>//<> miiltiliil:!. its seeds have properties like those 
nf the physic-nut (see ./fr../i/m>, and it is sometimes 
called French phi/sic nut. 
Bern 
Tylenchus(ti-lt>ng'kus), H. [NL.,alsn /;/// /<- 
rlmx (Hastian. iMi.'i). < (Jr. n/or, a knut.'knob, 
+ '/,t'"., a spear.] A genus of minute para 
siticneniatdiil worms, of the fainily.-ln.r/HiiYif //>/,-' . 
Some of tlirin do much damage to crops, as the wheat- 
win m, T. triliri, which causes the disease called tar-cncklr 
and puralM^ and T. devastatrix, the stem-eelwonn of clover. 
* .f t lirs. w m ins were early known as vibriot, and they 
wrrr fiinnerly phlced in the Ilion ciimpii-hcntlvG genus 
tyler, . An obsolete or archaic form of lili-r. 
Tylerism (ti'ler-i/m), H. [< Tyler (see defs.) + 
-iui.~\ 1. A phase of New England Calvinism 
named from Dr. Bennet Tyler of Connecticut 
( 1 783 - 1858). it reaffirmed the positions of the older 
Calvinism concerning divine sovereignty, as against the 
positions of Taylorlsm. Out of Dr. Tyler's controversy 
with Dr. Taylor of New Haven grew the theological semi- 
nary now at Hartford, Connecticut. 
2. In U. S. politics, the methods of President 
Tyler. Seo Ti/lcrize. 
Tylerize (ti'le'r-iz), . i. ; pret. and pp. Tyler- 
i:cd, ppr. Tyleri:ing. [< Tyler (see def.) + 
-i:e.] In U. S.imlitics, to follow the example 
of President Tyler (1841-5), who turned against 
the Whig party, to which he owed his office; 
become a renegade to one's party while hold- 
ing an office conferred by it. 
The Democratic party evidently had two ways of return' 
ing, or trying to return, to office and power. They might 
either assail and unseat the Administration, or else per- 
suade the Executive to Tyleriie. The Nation, I. 227. 
tyli, . Plural of tylnx. 
tyllt, tyl\ei,j>rep. Obsolete forms of till*. 
tyllett, . See fillet*. 
Tylophora (ti-lof o-ra), n. [NL. (R. Brown, 
1808), from the thick fleshy segments of the 
staminal corona; <Gr. rMoc, aknot,knob,+ -^o- 
/*>{,< ififpeiv = E. Sear 1 .] A genus of gamopeta- 
lous plants, of the order Asclepiadacex and tribe 
Marsdeniea. It is characterized by a somewhat wheel- 
shaped corolla with a corona of five fleshy scales laterally 
compressed and introrsely adnate to the stamen-tube, 
and liy small globose or ovoid pollen-masses. There are 
about 40 species, natives of Africa, Asia, and Australasia. 
They are shrubby or herbaceous twiners, or rarely par- 
tially erect ; they bear opposite leaves and small cymose 
flowers. T. (ttoya) barbata is sometimes cultivated ; for 
T. asthmatica, see Indian ipecac, under ipecac. 
tylopod (trio-pod), a. and n. [< Gr.ri'^of. a knot, 
knob, callus, + iroi'f (irod-) = E. foot.] I. a. 
Having padded instead of hoofed digits ; having 
the ends of the digits like pads ; of or pertaining 
to the Tylopoda ; phalangigrade, as a camel. 
II. . A member of the Tylopoda, as a camel 
or llama. 
Tylopoda (ti-lop'6-dS), n. pi. [NL. (Illiger. 
1811, as a family of his Bisulca) : see tylopod.] 
The tylopod or phalangigrade artiodactyl ru- 
minants, represented by one family, the Came- 
lidm. The feet are tylopod ; the lower part of the thigh 
is exserted from the trunk of the body ; the lower canines 
are specialized ; the lateral upper incisors are persistent ; 
the stomach is incompletely quadripartite ; and the pla 
centa is diffuse. More fully called Pecora tylopoda, and 
also Phalangiyrada. 
tylopodous (tl-lop'o-dus), a. Same as tylopod. 
tylpsis (ti-16'sis), n'.; pi. tyloses (-sez). [< Gr. 
ri'/lof, a knot, knob, callus, + -osis.] 1. Ill hot., 
a growth formed in the cavity of a duct by the 
intrusion of the wall of a contiguous cell through 
one or more of the perforations of the duct. 
2. An affection of the eyelids characterized 
by an indurated thickening of their edges. 
3. Same as leucoplacia. 4. Callosity. 
tylpstylar (ti-lo-sti'lar), a. [< tylootyle + -ar^.] 
Of or pertaining to a tylostyle; resembling a 
tylostyle ; knobbed at one end and pointed at 
the other, like a dressing-pin. 
tylostyle (ti'lo-stil), . [< Gr. rMof, a knot, 
lump, knob, -t- errr/of, a pillar: seestyfe 2 .] In 
sponges, a supporting spicule of cylindrical 
form, knobbed at one end and pointed at the 
other. 
tylpstylus (ti-lo-sti'lus), n. ; pi. tylostyli (-Ii). 
TNL. : see tylostyle.] A tylostyle. 
Tylosurus (ti-lo-su'rus), . [NL. (Cocco), irreg. 
< Gr. ri'/!f, a knot, lump, + oi>pa, a tail.] A ge- 
nus of garfishes, of the family Belonidee, differ- 
ing from Bclone in the absence of gill-rakers and 
vomerine teeth. These gars are comparatively large 
(S or 4 feet long) voracious fishes of most seas. The spe- 
cies are numerous, and some of them, as T. longirostri* 
(or marimw), are known aa bill-fish and netdle-fih, from 
the long sharp jaws. See cut under Bclonida. 
tylotate (ti'lo-tat), a. [< tylote + -afcl.] 
Knobbed at both ends, as a sponge-spicule ; 
having the character of a tylote. SoUttx. 
tylote (ti'lot), . [< Gr. rv^wrof, verb. adj. of 
ri'/i i. make knotty, < 7i'?of, a knot, knob.] A 
lyldlate spongo-spicule ; a simple spicular ray 
if the nionaxou biradiate type, or a rhabdus, 
knobbed at each end. A tylote knobbed at one end 
tympanic 
and |Miiiitrd :it lli' <>tln i IXCMIIII-K :i l\lutox;i r tylu 
Ktyle. S'tlla*. 
tyloti, n. Plural df tijlntiix. 
tylotic(ti-ldt'ik),. '[< tylnaiit (-ot-) + -ic.] Of 
or relating to tylosis. 
tylotoxea(ti-ld'-tdk'sc-ii). .: \<\.tylntoxra(-). 
[< Gr. Tv'/jjr6r, kiuiblicd. + ;ir, sharp, keen. | 
A tylotn knobbed at one end and pointed at 
the other; a tylostyle. Snllnx. 
tylotoxeate (ti-ld-tiik'se-at), a. [< tylotoxea + 
-/''.] Knobbed at one end anil pointed at the 
other, as a sponge-spicule of the rha lulus typo; 
having the character of a tylotoxea. Sollns. 
tylotus (ti-16'tus),w. ; pi. ii^toti (-ti). [NL., < 
Gr. rv?.<jTOf. knobbed: see 'tyloti:] A tylote. 
tylus(ti'lus), n. ; pi. /;/// (-H). [NL.,< Gr. Ttfaf, 
a knot, knob, lump, protuberance.] In heter- 
opterous insects, a central anterior division of 
the upper surface of the head, often projecting 
in front, and separated by depressed lines from 
the tWO lateral I dl ii 's. 
tymbalt, ". See timbal. 
tymbalont (tim'ba-lon), n. A false form of 
tymbal. 
War-music, bursting out from time to time 
With gong and tyinbalnn'* tremendous chime. 
Moore, Lalla Rookh, \'eiled Prophet. 
tymp (timp), w. [Shortened from tympan or 
tijmjinnnm.] 1. In the blast-furnace, the crown 
of the opening in front of the hearth, a little 
below and in front of which is the dam-stone. 
The tymp is sometimes a masonry arch (the tymp-arch), 
sometimes a block of refractory stone (the tymp-stone), 
and sometimes a hollow box or block of iron (the tymp 
plate) through which water Is kept constantly circulat- 
ing, so as to protect It from the heat and the corrosive 
action of the slag. 
2. In coal-mining, a cap or lid ; a short piece of 
timber placed horizontally for supporting the 
roof. [Eng.] 
tymp. An abbreviation of tynipano or tympani. 
tympan (tim'pan), n. [Formerly also timpan, 
timpane; < P. tymjian = Sp. timpano = Pg. tim- 
pano, tympana = It. timpano = Ir. Gael, liompaii 
= W. tympan, a drum, timbrel, etc.,< L. tympa- 
num, < Gr. rfyureiw, poet, also rvimvov, a drum, 
roller, area of a pediment, panel of a door, etc., 
< TVWTCIV, beat, strike : see type. From the same 
source are tympanum, timber^, timbre 3 , etc.] It. 
A timbrel or drum. Jiailey. 2. An ancient 
Irish musical instrument, the exact nature of 
which is disputed. Probably it had strings, and 
was played with a bow, thus resembling the 
crowd. 
It should be remarked that the [Irish] tympan was not 
a drum, as waa formerly supposed, but a stringed Instru- 
ment, and by the researches of the antiquary O'Curry it is 
proved to have been played with a bow. 
Sir R. P. Stewart, in Grove's Diet. Music, II. 20. 
3. A stretched membrane, or a tense sheet of 
some thin material, as that of a drumhead. 
This [carbon) lozenge is pressed gently by a tympan. 
Greer, Wet Electricity, p. 170. 
4. In a printing-press having a platen, a framed 
appliance interposed between the platen and 
the sheet to be printed, for softening and equal- 
izing the pressure, by means of blankets be- 
tween its two parts, the outer and the inner 
tympan. The latter has a frame fitting snugly Into that 
of the former, and both are tightly covered with parch- 
ment or strong linen cloth. In a hand-press the tympan 
is hinged to the outer end of the bed, has the frisket fixed 
by hinges to its top, receives the sheets to be printed, and 
completely covers the bed when folded down upon It, the 
platen, when lowered, fitting Into the frame of the inner 
tympan. See cut under printing -pre M. 
6. In anat., a tympanum. 6. Inarcn., a tym- 
panum. Tympan of an arch, a spandrel. [Rare.] 
tympana, " Latin plural of tympanum. 
tympana! (tim'pa-nal), . [< tympan(um) + 
-al.] Same as tym/tiuiii: 
tympani, . Plural of tym/miio. 
tympanic (tim-pan'ik), a. and n. [< tympan(um) 
+ -ic.] I. a. 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling 
a tympan or tympanum ; similar to or acting 
like a drumhead. 2. In anat., of orpertaining 
to the tympanum : as, the tympanic cavity. 
The "tympanit wing" of the exoccipital [cartilage in 
birds). Encyc. Brit., III. 702. 
The tympanic sense . . . comes In to help here. 
W. Jama, Prin. of Piycbol., II. 204. 
Tympanic artery, a small branch of the internal max- 
illary artery, which passes through the Olaserian fissure 
to be distributed to the structures within the tympa- 
num and to the tympanic membrane. Tympanic bone. 
See II. See also temporal bone, under temporal?. Tym- 
panic cartilage, a gristly prolongation of the carti- 
lage of the outer ear. attached to tlir circumference of the 
ti<>ny external auditory meatus.- Tympanic cavity,the 
drum of the ear. see tympanum, 2. Tympanic mem- 
brane, the drum-membrane of the ear a membrane 
stretched across the bottom of the external auditory 
meatus, separating the carity of that meatus from that of 
