tester1 (tester)

[ tester2 (tes'ter), n . [Early mod. E. also testar , test or; tester , testere , teester , a head-piece, helmet, tester for a bed, testiere , a head- piece, the crown of a hat, etc., F. tétière = Pr. testier a = Sp. tester a = Pg. testeira = It. testicra , a head-piece, L. testa , a shell, ML. the skull, head: see test2 .] 1. A canopy. He th' Azure Tester trimm'd with golden marks, And richly spangled with bright glistring sparks. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 4. Specifically-(a) The frame which connects the tops of the posts in a four-post bedstead, and the material [ The sheeldes brighte, testers and trap pures. Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1642. Half-tester bedstead, a bedstead having a canopy of about half its length, and therefore supported by the posts at the head only. See bedstead . Beau . and Fl ., Honest Man's Fortune, iii. 3. They say he that has lost his wife and sixpence has lost a tester. Swift , Polite Conversation, i. IMG:content-0144.jpg:[blocks in formation] testiere (tes-ti-ar'), n . [OF.: see tester2 .] A piece of armor for a horse, covering the head, and Testiere. (From Viollet-le-Duc's "Dict. du Mobilier français.") IMG:content-0145.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0146.jpg:[blocks in formation] He had deposited this testificate and confe ion, with the day and date of the said marriage, with his lawful supe- rior Boniface, Abbot of Saint Mary's. Scott , Abbot, xxxviii. testification (test i-fi-ka's hon), n. [OF. tes- tification = Sp. testificacion = Pg. testificação = It. test if i caz i one , testificatio (n-), testifying, test if i car i , testify: see testify .] The act of tes- tifying, or giving testimony or evidence; a wit- ne ing; testimony; evidence. Those heavenly mysteries wherein Christ imparteth himself unto us, and giveth visible testification of our ble ed communion with him. The portrait was intended as a testimonial , "expre ive of the eminent services of Mr. Boxsious in promot- W. Collins, After Dark, p. 45. testificator (tes'ti-fi-ka-tor), n. [L. as if * tes- tificator , test if i car i , testify: see testify .] One ing and securing the prosperity of the town." who testifies; one who gives witne or evi- dence; a witne . testifier (tes'ti-fi-ér), n. [ testify + -er1.] One who testifies; one who gives testimony or bears witne to anything; a witne . Evelyn , True Religion, II. 196. testify (tes'ti-fi), v.; pret. and pp. testified , ppr. testifying. [ testifien , testifier = Sp . Pg . test if i car = It. test if i care , test if i car i , bear witne , testis , a witne , + facere , make (see -fy).] I. in trans. 1. To bear witne ; make declaration, especially for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of some matter not known to them, or for the purpose of establishing some fact. Jesus... needed not that any should testify of man, for he knew what was in man. John ii. 25. The eye was placed where one ray should fall, that it might testify of that particular ray. Emerson, Self-Reliance. 2. In law , to give testimony, under oath or sol- emn affirmation, in a cause depending before a Test i car dines (tes-ti-kärʼdi-nēz), n . pl . [NL., testa , shell, + car do ( card in- ), hinge: see cardinal.] A prime division of brachiopods, Num. xxxv. 30. including those which have a hinged calcareous brought into the witne -box, they cannot testify to any W. K. Clifford, Lectures, II. 200. 3. To serve as evidence; be testimony or proof. Ah, but some natural notes about her body, Above ten you sand meaner moveables, Would testify , to enrich mine inventory. II. trans. 1. To bear witne to; affirm or declare as fact or truth. We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen, and ye receive not our witne . John iii. 11. I testified the pleasure I should have in his company. Goldsmith, Vicar, iii. 2. In law , to state or declare under oath or affirmation, as a witne , before a tribunal.- 3. To give evidence of; evince; demonstrate; show. Prayers are those "calves of men's lips," those most gracious and sweet odours, which being carried up into heaven do best testify our dutiful affection. IMG:content-0147.jpg:[blocks in formation] testill (tes'til), n. [ * test ill a , dim. of L. testa , a potsherd: see test2 .] In bot ., same as frustule . testily (tes'ti-li), adv . In a testy manner; fret- fully; peevishly; with petulance. testimonial (tes-ti-mō'ni-al), a . and n. [F. testimonial = Sp. testimonial = It. test i mon i ale , testimonial is , of or pertaining to testimony, testimonium , testimony: see testimony .] I. a . Relating to or containing testimony. IMG:content-0148.png:[blocks in formation] testimony (tes'ti-mō-ni), n.; pl. testimonies (-niz). [= F. temoin = Pr. test i mon i = Sp. tes- timonio = Pg. testimunho = It. testimone, tes- timonio , testimonium , testimony, testis , a witne : see test3 .] 1. Witne ; evidence; proof or demonstration of some fact. I'll give you all noble remembrances, As testimonies 'gainst reproach and malice, That you departed lov'd. I swear by truth and knighthood that I gave No cause, not willingly, for such a love: To this I call my friends in testimony . As to the fruits of Sodom, fair without, and full of ashes within, I saw nothing of them; tho', from the test i- monies we have, something of this kind has been pro- duced. Pococke , Description of the East, II. i. 37. Who trusts To human testimony for a fact Gets this sole fact - himself is proved a fool. Thou... for the testimony of truth hast borne Universal reproach. IMG:content-0149.jpg:[blocks in formation] Immediate, indirect, mediate testimony. See the adjectives. Perpetuation of testimony. See perpet uation. - Tables of the testimony. See table. - Testimony of disownment, an official document i ued by the monthly meeting of the Society of Friends to announce the expulsion of a member of the meeting. =Syn. 2. Deposition, attestation.-1, 2, and 4. Proof, etc. See evidence. testimonyt (tes'ti-mō-ni), v. t. [ Let him be but testimonied in his own bringings-forth, and he shall appear to the envious a scholar, a statesman, Shak., M. for M., iii. 2. 153. and a soldier. IMG:content-0150.jpg:[blocks in formation] Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 114. testing-box (tes'ting-boks), n. Same as test box .