Tuber, a solid, fleshy, roundish root, like the potato. Tuberous, thick and fleshy; composed of, or having, tubers.
Tucks, (improperly tacks,) folds in garments.
Turmeric, the root of a plant called Curcuma longa, a native of the East Indies, used as a yellow dye.
Twaddle, idle, foolish talk, or conversation.
Unbolted, unsifted.
Unslacked, not loosened, or deprived of cohesion. Lime, when it has been slacked, crumbles to powder, from being deprived of cohesion.
Valance, the drapery or fringe hanging round the cover of a bed, couch, or other similar article.
Vascular, relating to, or full of, vessels.
Venetian, a kind of carpeting, composed of a striped woollen warp on a thick woof of linen thread.
Verisimilitude, probability, resemblance to truth.