Teufelsdroeckh (Herr), pronounce Toi.felz.drurk; an eccentric German professor and philosopher. The object of this satire is to expose all sorts of shams, social as well as intellectual.--Carlyle, Sartor Resartus (1849).
Teutonic Knights (The), an order organized by Frederick, duke of Suabia, in Palestine (1190). St. Louis gave them permission to quarter on their arms the fleur de lis (1250). The order was abolished, in 1809, by Napoleon I.
Tewksburys (The), “Society” couple, always bickering, and always making up, inveighing against the boredom of society duties, yet bent upon complying with every by-law, and sacrificing time and happiness to their idol.--Philip Henry Welch, The Tailor-Made Girl (1888).
Texartis, a Scythian soldier, killed by the Countess Brenhilda.--Sir W. Scott, Count Robert of Paris (time, Rufus).
Tezoz´omoc, chief of the priests of the Az´tecas. He fasted ten months to know how to appease the national gods, and then declared that the only way was to offer “the White Strangers” on their altars. Tezozomoc was killed by burning lava from a volcanic mountain.
Tezozomoc
Beholds the judgment ... and sees
The lava floods beneath him. His hour
Is come. The fiery shower, descending, heaps
Red ashes round. They fall like drifted snows,