tugslide

A metallic substitute for a buckle, in which the tug is adjusted as to length. tŭg-ger, s. [Eng. tug, v.; -er.] One who tugs or pulls with great effort. tŭg-ging, pr.par.ora. [TUG, v.] tugging-lỹ, adv. [Eng. tugging; -ly.] With a tug or tugs; with laborious pulling. Ornith.: The Poe-bird (q. v.). *tuille, *tuil-lette' (u as w), s. [French tuile , from Lat. tegula =a tile.] Mil. Antiq .: One of the guard- plates appended to the ta es, to which they were frequently fast- ened by straps. They hung down, and covered the upper part of the thigh, and were first introduced in the reign of Henry V. Tuilles. "Na, if it had been for debt, or e'en for a bit tuilzie wi' the gauger, the de'il o' Nelly McCandlish's tongue should ever hae wranged him."-Scott: Guy Manner ing, ch. xxxii. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-1536.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1537.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1538.png:[blocks in formation] to Augsburg in 1559. There the same year Gesner saw, described, and figured it; soon after which it was cultivated throughout Germany. When it reached Holland, the future seat of the Tulipomania (q.v.), is unknown. It was introduced into England from Vienna about the end of the sixteenth cent ury. It was probably imported into this country from Holland. Tulips flourish best in rich loam and sand. More than a you sand varieties are known, and others are re being obtained at intervals from seed. The most valuable kinds should be taken up after they have ceased flowering, and dried and kept till autumn, when they should be replanted. They require protection against contin- ued rain or hard frost, which are apt to make them rot. †2. Gunnery: The increase of thickne at the muzzle of a gun. Only occasionally found in mod- ern breechloaders. IMG:content-1539.png:[blocks in formation] tul-war, s . (Hind.) The East Indian saber. "It cannot be much more difficult to get out of way of an Arab's spear, a Zulu's a egai, or a Pathan tulwar."-London Daily Telegraph. bearded at the extremity; the flowers yellow; the stamens hoary at the base, the stigma obtuse. It increases by throwing out a long, slim fiber from its root, at the extremity of which a bulb and, in due time, a fresh flower appears. T. gesneriana is the Garden Tulip. [TULIP.] T. oculus - sol is , the Agen Tulip, so called from Agen in France, where it grows, has large and bell-shaped flowers of a fine scarlet color, each petal marked at its base with a broad black and yellow spot. It is wild in France, Germany, Italy, . T.suaveolens , the Early Dwarf or Van Thol Tulip, is a native of Southern Europe, blooming in March and April. T. celsiana , the Small Yellow, and T. biflora , the Two-flowered Yellow Tulip, the latter with fragrant flowers, are wild near the Volga, . T. clusiuna is the 'Red to to , to roll; to pitch about. and White Italian Tulip. The bulbs of T. stell at a , growing in the Him a lay as, the Salt Range, ., are eaten. tu-li-pā-çě-æ, s. pl . [Mod. Lat. tulip (a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -aceœ .] Botany : (1) The order Liliacese (q. v.); *(2) the tribe Tulipee (q. v.). "They tumbled all their little quivers o'er, To chuse propitious shafts.' IMG:content-1540.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1541.png:[ocr errors] tumble 7. To throw by chance or violence. 1. To tumble home : Said of a ship's sides when they incline in above the extreme breadth. 2. To tumble in: (1) To go to bed. ( Slang.)