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TUCUME, a river of South America, which enters the 
sea in the bay of Panama. 
TUCUPA, a river of Guiana, which runs to the north, 
and falls into the river Paraguay. 
TUCUPIO, a small river of the Caraccas, in the province 
of Cumana, which runs south, and then unites with the 
river Curuma, to fall into the Cuyuri. 
TUCUPIO, a river of South America, in the province and 
government of Venezuela, which takes its rise in a plain west 
of the city of Guanare, and joining the Guanari it falls into 
the Portubueza. 
TUCURAI, a large river of Quito, in the province of 
Mainas, which falls into the Guallaga. 
TUDDENHAM, a parish of England, in Suffolk; 3 
miles north-east-by-north of Ipswich.—Another parish in 
the same county; 3 miles south-east-by-south of Milden- 
hall 
TUDDENHAM, East, a parish of England, in Norfolk; 
6 miles east-south-east of East Dereham. Population 453. 
TUDDENHAM, North, another parish in the above 
county; 4 miles east-by-south of East Dereham. Popu¬ 
lation 334. 
TUDELA, a town in the north-east of Spain, in Navarre, 
at the confluence of the Queilos and the Ebro. It is the 
second city in the province, and a bishop’s see. Population 
7300; 45 miles south ofPampeluna. 
TUDELA, a small town in the interior of Spain, on the 
Douro, with 2000 inhabitants ; 5 miles east of Valladolid. 
TUDELA, a town of South America, in New Granada, 
now a heap of ruins. 
TUDELEY, a parish of England, in Kent; 2 miles east- 
by-south of Tunbridge. 
TUDERGA, a village of Anatolia, in Asiatic Turkey ; 32 
miles north-north-east of Eski Shehr. 
TUDERLY, East and West, adjoining parishes of 
England, in Southamptonshire, about 5 milas from 
Stockbridge. 
TUDHOE, a township of England, in Durham ; 4| miles 
south-south-west of Durham. 
TUDHOPE FELL, a mountain of Scotland, in Rox¬ 
burghshire, on the English border. 
TUDRINGTON, a hamlet of England, in the parish of 
Chippenham, Wiltshire. 
TUDURA, a town of the south of India, province of 
Mysore, situated on the west bank of the Tunga river, and 
having in its vicinity a forest of fine timber. Lat. 13. 40. 
N. long. 75. 25. E. 
TUDY, St., a parish of England, in Cornwall; 5| miles 
north-by west of Bodmin. Population 512. 
TU'EL, s. [tuyeau, French ] The anus. Skinner. 
TVER, one of the central governments of European Rus¬ 
sia, lying between the governments of Moscow and Nov¬ 
gorod, and extending from 56. to 58. 40. N. lat. and from 32. 
20. to 39. of E. long. It has a superficial extent of 24,100 
square miles, with about 1,000,000 inhabitants, partly of 
Russian, and partly of Finnish descent. The climate is on 
the whole temperate; but the weather very changeable. 
The rivers are constantly frozen over from the beginning of 
December to the end of March. These are pretty numerous: 
the principal are the Wolga, the Dwina, the Msta, the 
Tverza, the Mologa, and the Meduvitza, none of which are 
of large size in this government. The chief lakes are the 
Seliger, the Wolga, and the Dvinez. 
TVER, a city of European Russia, the capital of a govern¬ 
ment, and an archbishop’s see. It stands on the great road 
from St. Petersburg to Moscow, at the confluence of the 
Tvertza, the Wolga, and the Tmaka, which divide the town 
into four parts, united by three bridges, the one over the 
Wolga being of boats, that it may be removed during win¬ 
ter. The population of the town is about 20,000; 100 
miles north-north-west of Moscow, and 300 south-east of St. 
Petersburg. Lat. 56. 51. 44. N. long. 35. 57. 23. E. 
TVERZA, a river of European Russia, in the government 
of Tver, which falls into the Wolga. 
TU'ESDAY, s. [euepbaeg, Sax.; tu, ti]\ Sax. is Mars- 
Some refer it to Tuisco, a Saxon deity, to whom it has been 
thought that this day was dedicated. See Verstegan.] The 
third day of the week. 
TUESDAY BAY, a bay on the coast of Terra del Fuego, 
in the straits of Magellan, lat. 52. 53. S. 
TUESLEY, a hamlet of England, in the parish of God¬ 
aiming, Surrey. 
TUETA, or Tweta, a town of Middle Sweden, in the 
province of Dalecarlia, on a peninsula in the lake Wener. 
TUEZAR, a small town in the east of Spain, in Valencia, 
with 2200 inhabitants; 42 miles north-west of Valencia. 
TUFFE, a small town in the north-west of France, de¬ 
partment of the Sarthe, on the small river Vanet, with 1500 
inhabitants, who manufacture stone and pottery ware; 20 
miles north-east of Le Mans. 
TUFFER, a market town of the Austrian states, in Styria, 
on the Save; 4 miles south of Cilley. In the neighbour¬ 
hood are found both coal and chalk, and the mineral springs 
of Toeplitz. 
TUFFLEY, a hamlet of England, in Gloucestershire; 2 
miles south-south-west of Gloucester. 
TUFT, s. [tuffe, old French, “touffe,houppe, couronne,” 
&c. Roquefort. But see Lye, ed. Manning, Saxon <5upe, 
“ germen, frons, inde forsan nostra tuft."] A number of 
threads or ribbands, flowery leaves, or any small bodies 
joined together.—Upon sweet brier, a fine tuft or brush of 
moss of divers colours, you shall ever find full of white 
worms. Bacon. —A cluster; a plump. 
Under a tuft of shade, that on a green 
Stood whisp’ring soft, by a fresh fountain side 
They sat them down. Milton. 
To TUFT, v. a. To separate into tufts, or little clusters. 
This seems to be the meaning; but it is not noticed in Dr. 
Johnson’s or other dictionaries. 
The labouring hunter tufts the thicke unbarbed grounds, 
Where harbor’d is the hart. Drayton. 
To adorn with a tuft. 
Sit beneath the shade 
Of solemn oaks, that tuft the swelling mounts. 
Thrown graceful round. Thomson. 
TUFTA'FFETY, 5. A villous kind of silk. 
His clothes were strange, though coarse, and black, though 
bare: 
Sleeveless his jerkin was, and it had been 
Velvet; >ut it was now, so much ground was seen, 
Become tujftaffety. Donne. 
TU'FTED, adj. Growing in tufts or clusters. 
’Midst the desert fruitful fields arise. 
That crown with tufted trees and springing corn. 
Like verdant isles the sable waste adorn. Pope. 
TUFTON, a parish of England, in Southamptonshire; 1 
mile south-west of Whitchurch.—A hamlet in the parish 
of Ramharn, Kent.—A hamlet in the parish of Nordiham, 
Suffolk. 
TUFTONBOROUGH, a township of the United States, 
in Strafford county. New Hampshire, on the east side of 
Lake Winnipiseogee; 50 miles north-north-east of Concord, 
and 53 north-north-west of Portsmouth. Population 709. 
TU'FTY, adj. Adorned with tufts; growing in tufts. 
The Sylvans that about the neighbouring woods did dwell. 
Both in the tufty frith and in the mossy fell. Drayton. 
To TUG, v. a. [fcigan, teogan, Saxon.] To pull with 
strength long continued in the utmost exertion; to draw. 
Take pains the genuine meaning to explore, 
There sweat, therestrain, tug the laborious oar. Roscommon. 
To pull; to pluck. 
Priest, beware thy beard; 
I mean to tug it, and to cuff you soundly. Shakspeare. 
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