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a. Relating to the etymon; as, an etymic word. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An etymologist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. etymologicus, Gr. 'etymologiko`s: cf. F. étymologique. See Etymology. ] Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words. -- Et`y*mo*log"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'etymologiko`n, prop. neut. sing. from 'etymologiko`s. ] An etymological dictionary or manual. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. étymologiste. ] One who investigates the derivation of words. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. étymologiser. ] To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word. Camden [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots. [ 1913 Webster ]

How perilous it is to etymologize at random. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Etymologies [ L.etymologia, Gr. 'etymologi`a; 'e`tymon etymon + lo`gos discourse, description: cf. F. étymologie. See Etymon, and -logy. ] 1. That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Etymons Gr. Etyma [ L., fr. Gr. 'e`tymon the true literal sense of a word according to its derivation, an etymon, fr. &unr_; true, real, prob, akin to Skr. sotya, E. sooth. See Sooth. ] 1. An original form; primitive word; root. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Original or fundamental signification. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Given as the etymon or genuine sense of the word. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Platy + -meter. ] (Elec.) An apparatus for measuring the capacity of condensers, or the inductive capacity of dielectrics. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. post- + tympanic. ] (Anat.) Situated behind the tympanum, or in the skull, behind the auditory meatus. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. Also }. [ Orig. uncertain. ] (Golf) The position of two balls on the putting green such that, being more than six inches apart, one ball lies directly between the other and the hole at which the latter must be played; also, the act of bringing the balls into this position. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ v. t. Also }. (Golf) To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. timbale, Sp. timbal; cf. atabal; probably of Arabic origin. Cf. Atabal, Timbrel. ] A kind of kettledrum. [ Written also timbal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A tymbal's sound were better than my voice. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Tympan. ] (Blast Furnace) A hollow water-cooled iron casting in the upper part of the archway in which the dam stands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. tympanum a kettledrum, a panel of a door. See Tympanum, and cf. Tymp. ] 1. A drum. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A panel; a tympanum. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Print.) A frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which the blank sheets are put, in order to be laid on the form to be impressed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tympan sheet (Print.), a sheet of paper of the same size as that to be printed, pasted on the tympan, and serving as a guide in laying the sheets evenly for printing. W. Savage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Tympanic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) The tympanic bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Tympanum. ] 1. Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tympanic bone (Anat.), a bone of the skull which incloses a part of the tympanum and supports the tympanic membrane. --
Tympanic membrane. (Anat.) See the Note under Ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. tympaniste, Gr. tympanisth`s. ] One who beats a drum. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. tympani`ths, fr. ty`mpanon a kettledrum. ] (Med.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympany. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. tympaniticus one afflicted with tympanites. ] (Med.) Of, pertaining to, or affected with, tympanites. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Tympanum, and -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the lining membrane of the middle ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. tympanizare to beat a drum, Gr. tympani`zein. ] To drum. [ R. ] Coles. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tympanized p. pr. & vb. n. Tympanizing ] To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum. [ Obs. ] “Tympanized, as other saints of God were.” Oley. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Tympani [ It. timpano. See Tympanum. ] (Mus.) A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See Kettledrum. [ Written also timpano. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tympanum; as in tympanohyal, tympano-Eustachian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoidean arch. -- n. The proximal segment in the hyoidean arch, becoming a part of the styloid process of the temporal bone in adult man. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Tympanums L. Tympana [ L., a kettledrum, a drum or wheel in machines, the triangular area in a pediment, the panel of a door, Gr. ty`mpanon, ty`panon, fr. &unr_; to strike, beat. See Type, and cf. Timbrel. ] 1. (Anat.) (a) The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear. (b) A chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) (a) The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table. (b) The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mech.) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation. [ 1913 Webster ]