Defn: A lock or tuft of hair. [Obs.] Dryden.
TUZA
Tu"za, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The tucan.
TWADDELL; TWADDELL'S HYDROMETER Twad"dell, n., Twad"dell's hy*drom"e*ter. [After one Twaddell, its inventor.]
Defn: A form of hydrometer for liquids heavier than water, graduated with an arbitrary scale such that the readings when multiplied by .005 and added to unity give the specific gravity.
TWADDLE
Twad"dle, v. i. & t. Etym: [See Twattle.]
Defn: To talk a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle. Stanyhurst.
TWADDLE
Twad"dle, n.
Defn: Silly talk; gabble; fustian.
I have put in this chapter on fighting . . . because of the cant and
twaddle that's talked of boxing and fighting with fists now-a-days.
T. Hughes.
TWADDLER
Twad"dler, n.