Tet"ryl (?), n. [Tetra- + -yl.] (Chem.) Butyl; — so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule.
Tet"ryl*ene (?), n. [Tetra- + ethylene.] (Chem.) Butylene; — so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule.
Tet"ter (?), n. [OE. teter, AS. teter, tetr; akin to G. zitter, zittermal, OHG. zittaroch, Skr. dadru, dadruka, a sort of skin disease. √63, 240.] (Med.) A vesicular disease of the skin; herpes. See Herpes.
Honeycomb tetter (Med.), favus. — Moist tetter (Med.), eczema. — Scaly tetter (Med.), psoriasis. — Tetter berry (Bot.), the white bryony.
Tet"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tettered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tettering.] To affect with tetter. Shak.
Tet"ter*ous (?), a. Having the character of, or pertaining to, tetter.
Tet"ter-tot`ter (?), n. [See Teeter.] A certain game of children; seesaw; — called also titter- totter, and titter-cum-totter.
Tet"ter*wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A plant used as a remedy for tetter, — in England the calendine, in America the bloodroot.
Tet`ti*go"ni*an (?), n. [Gr. &?;, dim. of &?; a kind of grasshopper.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of Hemiptera belonging to Tettigonia and allied genera; a leaf hopper.
Tet"tish (?), a. [Cf. Testy.] Captious; testy. [Written also teatish.] [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
||Tet"tix (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a kind of grasshopper.] 1. (Zoöl.) ||The cicada. [Obs. or R.] || 2. (Zoöl.) A genus of small grasshoppers.
Tet"ty (?), a. Testy; irritable. [Obs.] Burton.
Teu"fit (?), n. (Zoöl.) The lapwing; — called also teuchit. [Prov. Eng.]
Teuk (?), n. (Zoöl.) The redshank. [Prov. Eng.]
Teu"ton (?), n.; pl. E. Teutons (#), L. Teutones (#). [L. Teutones, Teutoni, the name of a Germanic people, probably akin to E. Dutch. Cf. Dutch.] 1. One of an ancient German tribe; later, a name applied to any member of the Germanic race in Europe; now used to designate a German, Dutchman, Scandinavian, etc., in distinction from a Celt or one of a Latin race.
2. A member of the Teutonic branch of the Indo- European, or Aryan, family.
Teu*ton"ic (?), a. [L. Teutonicus, from Teutoni, or Teutones. See Teuton.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Teutons, esp. the ancient Teutons; Germanic.
2. Of or pertaining to any of the Teutonic languages, or the peoples who speak these languages.
