team railway

A railway on which horses are used as the motive power. team-shovel, subst . An earth-scraper. A scoop drawn by horses or oxen, managed by means of handles, and used in removing earth. sin, aş; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. IMG:content-0858.png:[blocks in formation] tea-poy, s . [Anglo-Ind. tipai , a corrupt. of Pers. cipai a three-legged table, a tripod.] A three legged table with a lifting top, inclosing tea-caddies, or a small stand for holding tea-cup, sugar basin, cream-jug, . tear (1), *tere, *teer, *terre, s . [A. S. teár, tár; cogn. with Icel. tár ; Dan. taar , taare ; Sw. tar ; Goth. tagr ; O. H. Ger. zahar ; M. H. Ger.zaher, zár; Ger. zähre; O. Lat. dacrima ; Lat. lacrima , lacruma (Fr. lar me ); Gr. dakry , dakryon , dakryma ; Wel. dagr; Ir. dear ; Gael. deur ; Sp. & Ital. lagrima .] I. Ordinary Language : 1. In the same sense as II. 2. 2. Anything in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of balsam, resin, . II. Technically : 1. Metall . ( pl . ): The vitreous drops from the melting of the walls of a furnace. 2. Physiol.: The nervous mechanism of the secretion of tears, in many respects resembles that of the secretion of saliva. A flow is usually brought about in a reflex manner by stimuli applied to the conjunctiva, the nasal mucous membrane, the tongue, the optic nerve, ., or more directly by the action of mental emotion. St. Lawrence's Tears : A popular name for meteors occurring on the night of August 10, the date at which St. Lawrence suffered martyrdom. tear-drop, 8. A tear. IMG:content-0859.png:[blocks in formation] (q. v.). teär, *tere (pa. t. * tur , * tare , tore , pa. par. * toren , torn), v. t. & i. [A. S. teran (pa. t. tær , pa. par. toren); cogn. with Goth. gatairan to break, to destroy (pa. t. gatar ); Lith. dirt i to flay; Greek derō-to flay; Ru . drate to tear; dir a =a rent, a hole; Sansc. dri =to burst, to tear asunder; Icel. tæra to consume; Low Ger. teren ; Ger. zehren . Tire, v., tarry v., and darn are from the same root.] A. Transitive : IMG:content-0860.png:[blocks in formation] 4016 *2. To form fi ures or furrows in by violence. "As storms the skies, and torrents tear the ground, Thus rag'd the prince, and scatter'd death around." Dryden: Virgil's Æneid , x. 857. 3. To make or cause by rending or other violent action. "These vain weak nails May tear a pa age through the flinty ribs." Shakesp.: Richard II., v. 5. 4. To lacerate; to wound, as with the teeth, or by dragging something sharp over or along. "Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead." -Jer . xvi. 7. 5. To pull with violence; to drag or remove by pulling violently. (Especially with such prepositions as away , off , down , out , .) "They will with violence tear him from your palace, And torture him with grievous lingering death." Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt . II . , iii. 2. II. Figuratively : 1. To divide by violent measures; to disturb, agitate, or excite violently; to distract; as, a state torn by factions. 2. To wound, to lacerate, to hurt greatly; as, a heart torn with anguish. *3. To burst, to break. "Else would I tear the cave where Echo lies With repetition of my Romeo's name." Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet , ii. 2. 4. To remove by force; to pluck away. "Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee." B. Intransitive : Cowper: Olney Hymns, i. IMG:content-0861.png:[blocks in formation] "The majestic all king of fishes... keepes his court in all this hurly-burly, not like a tyrannical tear - throat in open arms, but like wise Diogenes in a barrell."- Taylor ( the Water - poet ).