West, Triumphs of the Gout (“Lucian” 1750).
Tryphon, the sea-god’s physician.
They send in haste for Tryphon, to apply
Salves to his wounds, and medicines of might;
For Tryphon of sea-god’s the sovereign leech is hight.
Spenser, Faëry Queen, iii. 4 (1590).
Tubal, a wealthy Jew, the friend of Shylock.--Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (a drama, 1598).
Tuck, a long, narrow sword (Gaelic tuca, Welsh twca, Italian stocco, French estoc)[estoc)]. In Hamlet the word “tuck” is erroneously printed stuck in Malone’s edition.
If he by chance escape your venomed tuck,
Our purpose may hold there.