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TROWEL. One of the working tools of a Master Mason. It is a symbol of
brotherly love.

TRUTH. It was not always taught publicly by the ancient philosophers to
the people.

The search for it is the object of Freemasonry. It is never found on
earth, but a substitute for it is provided.

TUAPHOLL. A term used by the Druids to designate an unhallowed
circumambulation around the sacred cairn, or altar, the movement being
against the sun, that is, from west to east by the north, the cairn being
on the left hand of the circumambulator.

TUBAL CAIN. Of the various etymologies of this name, only one is given in
the text; but most of the others in some way identify him with Vulcan.
Wellsford (_Mithridates Minor_ p. 4) gives a singular etymology, deriving
the name of the Hebrew patriarch from the definite article [Hebrew: heh]
converted into _T_ and _Baal_, "Lord," with the Arabic _kayn_, "a
blacksmith," so that the word would then signify "the lord of the
blacksmiths." Masonic writers have, however, generally adopted the more
usual derivation of _Cain_, from a word signifying _possession_; and
Oliver descants on Tubal Cain as a symbol of worldly possessions. As to
the identity of Vulcan with Tubal Cain, we may learn something from the
definition of the offices of the former, as given by Diodorus Siculus:
"Vulcan was the first founder of works in iron, brass, gold, silver, and
all fusible metals; and he taught the uses to which fire can be applied in
the arts." See Genesis: "Tubal Cain, an instructor of every artificer in
brass and iron."

TWENTY-FOUR INCH GAUGE. A two-foot rule. One of the working-tools of an
Entered Apprentice, and a symbol of time well employed.

TYPHON. The brother and slayer of Osiris in the Egyptian mythology. As
Osiris was a type or symbol of the sun, Typhon was the symbol of winter,
when the vigor, heat, and, as it were, life of the sun are destroyed, and
of darkness as opposed to light.

TYRE. A city of Phoenicia, the residence of King Hiram, the friend and
ally of Solomon, whom he supplied with men and materials for the
construction of the temple.

TYRIAN FREEMASONS. These were the members of the Society of Dionysiac
Artificers, who at the time of the building of Solomon's temple flourished
at Tyre. Many of them were sent to Jerusalem by Hiram, King of Tyre, to
assist King Solomon in the construction of his temple. There, uniting with
the Jews, who had only a knowledge of the speculative pr