_, (Alexis de,) a celebrated living statesman and writer of
France, and author of volumes on the Political Condition, and the
Penitentiaries, of the United States, and other works.

_Trachea_, the windpipe, so named (from a Greek word signifying _rough_)
from the roughness, or inequalities, of the cartilages of which it is
formed.

_Truckle-bed_, or _trundle-bed_, a bed that runs on wheels.

_Tuber_, a solid, fleshy, roundish root, like the potato. _Tuberous_,
thick and fleshy; composed of, or having, tubers.

_Tucks_, (improperly tacks,) folds in garments.

_Turmeric_, the root of a plant called _Curcuma longa_, a native of the
East Indies, used as a yellow dye.

_Twaddle_, idle, foolish talk, or conversation.

_Unbolted_, unsifted.

_Unslacked_, not loosened, or deprived of cohesion. Lime, when it has
been slacked, crumbles to powder, from being deprived of cohesion.

_Valance_, the drapery or fringe hanging round the cover of a bed,
couch, or other similar article.

_Vascular_, relating to, or full of, vessels.

_Venetian_, a kind of carpeting, composed of a striped woollen warp on a
thick woof of linen thread.

_Verisimilitude_, probability, resemblance to truth.

_Verbatim_, word for word.

_Vice versa_, the side being changed, or the question reversed, or the
terms being exchanged.

_Viscera_, (plural of _viscus_,) organs contained in the abdomen and in
the chest.

_Vitriol_, a compound mineral salt, of a very caustic taste. _Blue
vitriol_, sulphate of copper. _Green vitriol_, see _Copperas_. _Oil of
vitriol_, sulphuric acid. _White vitriol_, sulphate of zinc.

_Waffle-iron_, an iron utensil for the purpose of baking waffles, which
are thin and soft cakes indented by the iron in which they are baked.

_Washleather_, a soft, pliable leather, dressed with oil, and in such a
way, that it may be washed, without shrinking. It is used for various
articles of dress, as under-shirts, drawers, &c., and also for rubbing
silver, and other articles having a high polish. The article known, in
commerce, as chamois, or shammy, leather, is also called wash-leather.

_Welting cord_, a cord sewed into the welt or border of a garment.

The _West_, or _Western World_. When used in Europe, or in distinction
from the Eastern World, it means America. When used in this Country, the
West refers to the Western States of the Union. _Western Wilds_, the
wild, thinly-settled lands of the Western States.

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