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- English Word Tulle Definition In plate armor, a suspended plate in from of the thigh. See Illust. of Tasses.
- English Word Tulle Definition A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc.
- English Word Tullian Definition Belonging to, or in the style of, Tully (Marcus Tullius Cicero).
- English Word Tullibee Definition A whitefish (Coregonus tullibee) found in the Great Lakes of North America; -- called also mongrel whitefish.
- English Word Tum-tum Definition A dish made in the West Indies by beating boiled plantain quite soft in a wooden mortar.
- English Word Tumble Definition To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.
- English Word Tumble Definition To roll down; to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold.
- English Word Tumble Definition To play tricks by various movements and contortions of the body; to perform the feats of an acrobat.
- English Word Tumble Definition To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; -- sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers.
- English Word Tumble Definition To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed.
- English Word Tumble Definition Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall.
- English Word Tumble-down Definition Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house.
- English Word Tumblebug Definition See Tumbledung.
- English Word Tumbled Definition of Tumble
- English Word Tumbledung Definition Any one of numerous species of scaraboid beetles belonging to Scarabaeus, Copris, Phanaeus, and allied genera. The female lays her eggs in a globular mass of dung which she rolls by means of her hind legs to a burrow excavated in the earth in which she buries it.
- English Word Tumbler Definition One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.
- English Word Tumbler Definition A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.
- English Word Tumbler Definition A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter.
- English Word Tumbler Definition A drinking glass, without a foot or stem; -- so called because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish his measure.
- English Word Tumbler Definition A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.
- English Word Tumbler Definition A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. They were formerly used in hunting rabbits.
- English Word Tumbler Definition A kind of cart; a tumbrel.
- English Word Tumblerful Definition As much as a tumbler will hold; enough to fill a tumbler.
- English Word Tumblerfuls Definition of Tumblerful
- English Word Tumbleweed Definition Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; as witch grass, wild indigo, Amarantus albus, etc.
- English Word Tumbling Definition of Tumble
- English Word Tumbling Definition a. & vb. n. from Tumble, v.
- English Word Tumbrel Definition Alt. of Tumbril
- English Word Tumbril Definition A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds.
- English Word Tumbril Definition A rough cart.