| teamed | Yoked in, or as in, a team. "Let their teamed fishes softly swim." (Spenser) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tear | 1. To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh. "Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator." (Shak) 2. Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions. 3. To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home. "The hand of fate Hath torn thee from me." (Addison) 4. To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair. 5. To move violently; to agitate. "Once I loved torn ocean's roar." To tear a cat, to rant violently; to rave; especially applied to theatrical ranting. To tear down, to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down. To tear off, to pull off by violence; to strip. To tear out, to pull or draw out by violence; as, to tear out the eyes. To tear up, to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by violence; as, to tear up a floor; to tear up the foundation of government or order. Origin: OE. Teren, AS. Teran; akin to OS. Farterian to destroy, D. Teren to consume, G. Zerren to pull, to tear, zehren to consume, Icel. Taera, Goth. Gatairan to destroy, Lith. Dirti to flay, Russ. Drate to pull, to tear, Gr. To flay, Skr. Dar to burst. 63. Cf. Darn, Epidermis, Tarre, Tirade. 1. <physiology> A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids. "And yet for thee ne wept she never a tear." (Chaucer) 2. Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins. "Let Araby extol her happy coast, Her fragrant flowers, her trees with precious tears." (Dryden) 3. That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge. "Some melodous tear." Tear is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, tear-distilling, tear-drop, tear-filled, tear-stained, and the like. Origin: AS. Tear; akin to G. Zarhe, OHG. Zahar, OFries. & Icel. Tar, Sw. Tar, Dan. Taare, Goth. Tagr, OIr. Der, W. Dagr, OW. Dacr, L. Lacrima, lacruma, for older dacruma, Gr, . 59. Cf. Lachrymose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tear drop fracture | <radiology> Avulsion of anterioinferior corner of cervical vertebral body by anterior ligament, most severe and unstable injury of the cervical spine, often the result of diving into shallow water, may be secondary to hyperflexion or hyperextension, typically at C2 see: cervical spine fractures (12 Dec 1998) |
| tear film | A protective film, 7 to 9 nm thick, consisting of external oily, intermediate watery, and deep mucoprotein layers. Synonym: tear film. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tear gas | A gas, such as acetone, benzene bromide, and xylol, that causes irritation of the conjunctiva and profuse lacrimation. See: lacrimator. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tear gases | Gases that irritate the eyes, throat, or skin. Severe lacrimation develops upon irritation of the eyes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tear sac | The upper portion of the nasolacrimal duct into which empty the two lacrimal canaliculi; empty. Synonym: saccus lacrimalis, dacryocyst, sacculus lacrimalis, tear sac. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tear stone | A concretion in the lacrimal apparatus. Synonym: lacrimal calculus, ophthalmolith, tear stone. Origin: dacryo-+ G. Lithos, stone (05 Mar 2000) |
| tear-thumb | <botany> A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tearing | 1. <medicine> The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek. 2. The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas. Origin: L, fr. Gr, fr. To bring to or upon; + to bring. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tearing mode | <radiobiology> A resistive magnetohydrodynamic instability which is spatially localised near a rational surface and which grows at a rate slower than the magnetohydrodynamic Alfven rate, but faster than the resistive skin diffusion rate. The instability tears magnetic field lines and reconnects them into a new state of lower magnetic energy. Synonym: tearing instability (09 Oct 1997) |
| tearpit | <anatomy> A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the lachrymal sinus; larmier. It is capable of being opened at pleasure and secretes a waxy substance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tears | The watery secretion of the lacrimal glands which serve to moisten the conjunctiva; the secretion is slightly alkaline and saline. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tease | 1. To comb or card, as wool or flax. "Teasing matted wool." 2. To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel. 3. <anatomy> To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments. 4. To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague. "He . . . Suffered them to tease him into acts directly opposed to his strongest inclinations." (Macaulay) Synonym: To vex, harass: annoy, disturb, irritate, plague, torment, mortify, tantalize, chagrin. Tease, Vex. To tease is literally to pull or scratch, and implies a prolonged annoyance in respect to little things, which is often more irritating, and harder to bear, than severe pain. Vex meant originally to seize and bear away hither and thither, and hence, to disturb; as, to vex the ocean with storms. This sense of the term now rarely occurs; but vex is still a stronger word than tease, denoting the disturbance or anger created by minor provocations, losses, disappointments, etc. We are teased by the buzzing of a fly in our eyes; we are vexed by the carelessness or stupidity of our servants. "Not by the force of carnal reason, But indefatigable teasing." (Hudibras) "In disappointments, where the affections have been strongly placed, and the expectations sanguine, particularly where the agency of others is concerned, sorrow may degenerate into vexation and chagrin." (Cogan) Tease tenon, a long tenon at the top of a post to receive two beams crossing each other one above the other. Origin: AS. Tsan to pluck, tease; akin to OD. Teesen, MHG. Zeisen, Dan. Taese, taesse. 58. Cf. Touse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| teasel | 1. <botany> A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (D. Fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth. Small teasel is Dipsacus pilosus, wild teasel is D. Sylvestris. 2. A bur of this plant. 3. Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth. Teasel frame, a frame or set of iron bars in which teasel heads are fixed for raising the nap on woolen cloth. Origin: OE. Tesel, AS. Tsel, tsl, the fuller's herb. See Tease Alternative forms: tassel, tazel, teasle, teazel, and teazle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |