(pron.) Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine.

(n.) One of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal.

(n.) The fore part of the hoof or foot of an animal.

(n.) Anything, or any part, corresponding to the toe of the foot; as, the toe of a boot; the toe of a skate.

(n.) The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.

(n.) A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved.

(n.) A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.

(v. t.) To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to; as, to toe the mark.

(v. i.) To hold or carry the toes (in a certain way).

() pl. of Toe.

(n.) The common tunny, or house mackerel.

(n.) The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton.

(n.) A measure of weight or quantity.

(n.) The weight of twenty hundredweight.

(n.) Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden.

(n.) A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc.

(adv.) Over; more than enough; -- noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too wide; too high; too many; too much.

(adv.) Likewise; also; in addition.

(n.) Tow.

(v. t.) To push; to tug; to tow.

(v. t.) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew; hence, to beat; to scourge.

(v. t.) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.

(n.) A large marble to be played with; also, a game at marbles.

(n.) A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.

(n.) The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree (Thea, / Camellia, Chinensis). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some other countries.

(n.) A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage.

(n.) Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea; chamomile tea; catnip tea.

(n.) The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper.

(v. i.) To take or drink tea.

(n.) The mark aimed at in curling and in quoits.

(n.) The nodule of earth from which the ball is struck in golf.

(n.) A short piece of pipe having a lateral outlet, used to connect a line of pipe with a pipe at a right angle with the line; -- so called because it resembles the letter T in shape.

(n.) A sheep in its second year; also, a doe in its second year.

(n.) Anything small; -- frequently applied as a term of endearment to a little child.

(n.) A drinking cup of small size, holding about half a pint.

(n.) A foolish fellow.

(n.) One and one; twice one.

(n.) The sum of one and one; the number next greater than one, and next less than three; two units or objects.

(n.) A symbol representing two units, as 2, II., or ii.

(n.) A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.

(n.) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government.

(n.) Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like.

(n.) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses.

(n.) A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.

(n.) A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health.

(n.) Charge; censure.

(n.) A lesson to be learned; a task.

(n.) To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government.

(n.) To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court.

(n.) To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; -- often followed by with, rarely by of before an indirect object; as, to tax a man with pride.

(v. t.) A knot; a fastening.

(v. t.) A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance.

(v. t.) A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.

(v. t.) An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race.

(v. t.) A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place.

(v. t.) A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature.

(v. t.) Low shoes fastened with lacings.

(v. t.) To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind.

(v. t.) To form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord; also, to interlace, or form a knot in; as, to tie a cord to a tree; to knit; to knot.

(v. t.) To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.

(v. t.) To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine.

(v. t.) To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.

(v. t.) To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with.

(v. i.) To make a tie; to make an equal score.

(prep. & conj.) See Till.

(prep.) An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See these words in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, under All, adv.

(n.) A game among children. See Tag.

(n.) A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment.

(v.) To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw.

(v.) Hence, to beat; to scourge; also, to pull about; to maul; to tease; to vex.

(v. i.) To work hard; to strive; to fuse.

(v. t.) To tow along, as a vessel.

(n.) A rope or chain for towing a boat; also, a cord; a string.

(v. i.) See Thee.

(definite article.) A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.

(adv.) By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.

(n.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4.

(n.) Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.

(n.) Money.

(v. t.) To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil.

(n.) An open wooden vessel formed with staves, bottom, and hoops; a kind of short cask, half barrel, or firkin, usually with but one head, -- used for various purposes.

(n.) The amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity; as, a tub of butter; a tub of camphor, which is about 1 cwt., etc.

(n.) Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely or opprobriously.

(n.) A sweating in a tub; a tub fast.

(n.) A small cask; as, a tub of gin.

(n.) A box or bucket in which coal or ore is sent up a shaft; -- so called by miners.

(v. t.) To plant or set in a tub; as, to tub a plant.

(i.) To make use of a bathing tub; to lie or be in a bath; to bathe.

(n.) The parson bird.

(v. t.) To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.

(v. t.) To pull; to pluck.

(v. i.) To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream.

(v. i.) To labor; to strive; to struggle.

(n.) A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort.

(n.) A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles.

(n.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat.

(n.) A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness.

(n.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.

(n.) A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.

(n.) A fermenting vat.

(n.) A certain measure for liquids, as for wine, equal to two pipes, four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. In different countries, the tun differs in quantity.

(n.) A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton.

(n.) An indefinite large quantity.

(n.) A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt.

(n.) Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell.

(v. i.) To put into tuns, or casks.

(v. t. & i.) To butt, as a ram does.

(v. t. & i.) To cover; -- said of a ram.

(n.) A ram.

(v. t.) To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good.

(v. t.) To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc.

(v. t.) To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test; as, to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a man's opinions.

(v. t.) To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause suffering or trouble to.

(v. t.) To experiment with; to test by use; as, to try a remedy for disease; to try a horse.

(v. t.) To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience.

(v. t.) To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal.

(v. t.) To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms; as, to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions.

(v. t.) To experience; to have or gain knowledge of by experience.

(v. t.) To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.

(v. i.) To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn.

(v. i.) To do; to fare; as, how do you try!

(n.) A screen, or sieve, for grain.

(n.) Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial.

(v. t.) Refined; select; excellent; choice.