Defn: One who does tut-work. Tomlinson.
TUUM
Tu"um, n. [L.]
Defn: Lit., thine; that which is thine; — used in meum and tuum. See 2d Meum.
TU-WHIT; TU-WHOO
Tu-whit", Tu-whoo", n. & interj.
Defn: Words imitative of the notes of the owl.
Thy tu-whits are lulled, I wot, Thy tu-whoos of yesternight.
Tennyson.
TUXEDO COAT; TUXEDO
Tux*e"do coat`, or Tux*e"do, n.
Defn: A kind of black coat for evening dress made without skirts; — so named after a fashionable country club at Tuxedo Park, New York. [U. S.]
TUYERE
Tu`yère", n. Etym: [F.; akin to tuyau a pipe; of Teutonic origin. Cf.
Tweer, Tewel.]
Defn: A nozzle, mouthpiece, or fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge. [Corruptly written also tweer, and twier.] Tuyère arch, the embrasure, in the wall of a blast furnace through which the tuyère enters.
TUZ Tuz, n. Etym: [Cf. W. tusw a wisp, a bunch, tus that binds or wraps, tusiaw to bind round, to wrap. Cf. Tussock.]