tonsile

tonsile
\\ˈtän(t)sə̇l, -nˌsīl\ adjective
Etymology: Latin tonsilis, from tonsus (past participle of tondēre to shear, clip, crop) + -ilis -ile — more at tome
archaic : suitable for being shorn or clipped

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  • Tonsile — Ton sile, a. [L. tonsilis, fr. tondere, tonsum, to shear, clip. See {Tonsure}. ] Capable of being clipped. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tonsile — ton·sile …   English syllables

  • tonsilė — tonsìlė sf. (2) DŽ, NdŽ, LTEXI354 žr. tonzilė …   Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language

  • TOPIARIUM Opus — cum arbuscularum virgulae ductiles facili flexu in varias formas hominum, turrium, aedium, cubicolorum, modo humi, modo per hortorum et viridariorum spatia, finguntur, pulchre describitur Iul. Firmico, Mathes. l. 8. c. 10. Vide quoque Plinium… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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