Tusked
(Tusked) a. Furnished with tusks.
The tusked boar out of the wood.
Milton. Tusker
(Tusk"er) n. (Zoöl.) An elephant having large tusks.
Tusk-shell
(Tusk"-shell`) n. (Zoöl.) See 2d Tusk, n., 2.
Tusky
(Tusk"y) a. Having tusks. "The scar indented by the tusky oar." Dryden.
Tussac grass
(Tus"sac grass`) Tussock grass.
Tussah silk
(Tus"sah silk`) [Probably fr. Hind. tasar a shuttle, Skr. tasara, trasara.] (a) A silk cloth
made from the cocoons of a caterpillar other than the common silkworm, much used in Bengal and
China. (b) The silk fiber itself. [Written also tusseh silk.]
Tussicular
(Tus*sic"u*lar) a. [L. tussicularis, fr. tussicula, dim. of tussis a cough.] Of or pertaining
to a cough. Dunglison.
Tussle
(Tus"sle) v. i. & t. [See Tousle.] To struggle, as in sport; to scuffle; to struggle with. [Colloq.]
Tussle
(Tus"sle), n. A struggle; a scuffle. [Colloq.]
Tussock
(Tus"sock) n. [From Tuz.] [Written also tussuck.]
1. A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially, a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge.
Such laying of the hair in tussocks and tufts.
Latimer. 2. (Bot.) Same as Tussock grass, below.
3. (Zoöl.) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars
is covered with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species are very injurious to shade and
fruit trees. Called also tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia.
Tussock grass. (Bot.) (a) A tall, strong grass of the genus Dactylis (D. cæspitosa), valuable for fodder,
introduced into Scotland from the Falkland Islands. (b) A tufted grass (Aira cæspitosa). (c) Any kind of
sedge (Carex) which forms dense tufts in a wet meadow or boggy place. — Tussock moth (Zoöl.), the
imago of any tussock caterpillar. They belong to Orgyia, Halecidota, and allied genera.
Tussocky
(Tus"sock*y) a. Having the form of tussocks; full of, or covered with, tussocks, or tufts.
Tussuck
(Tus"suck) n. See Tussock. Grew.
Tut
(Tut) Be still; hush; — an exclamation used for checking or rebuking.
Tut
(Tut), n. [Cf. Sw. tut a point, pipe, tube, Dan. tut a cornet.]
1. An imperial ensign consisting of a golden globe with a cross on it.
2. A hassock. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Tutelage
(Tu"te*lage) n. [L. tutela protection, fr. tutus safe, fr. tueri to watch, defend. Cf. Tuition.]
1. The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage.
The childhood of the European nations was passed under the tutelage of the clergy.
Macaulay.
